Wakenu Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Wakenu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wakenu (13) may also be a first name.
Wakenu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakenu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wakenu occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wakenu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakenu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,057,639th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. Wakenu is mostly found in Oceania, where 87 percent of Wakenu live; 87 percent live in Oceania Islands and 87 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,159,357th most numerous given name at a global level, borne by 13 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: West Sepik, where 92 percent live and Western Highlands, where 8 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 7 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakeinu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wakenhut | 86 | 87 | / |
| Wakanu | 83 | 66 | / |
| Wokenu | 83 | 45 | / |
| Wakinu | 83 | 35 | / |
| Wackenhut | 80 | 439 | / |
| Wakenhuth | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wakhanu | 77 | 899 | / |
| Bakenou | 77 | 736 | / |
| Wakinau | 77 | 8 | / |
| Wakanou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wakaanu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wackenhuth | 75 | 72 | / |
| Wackenhult | 75 | 0 | / |
| Vakenhut | 71 | 8 | / |
| Wakhingu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wokenhut | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wokanu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wacinu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bokenu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wekanu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vackenhut | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaceanu | 62 | 93 | / |
| Vakinau | 62 | 9 | / |
| Bakinou | 62 | 6 | / |
| Wokinui | 62 | 5 | / |
| Wachinu | 62 | 4 | / |
| Vakanui | 62 | 1 | / |
| Wachinou | 57 | 739 | / |
| Vauquenu | 57 | 31 | / |
| Boukenou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Bakainou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Wochenou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Vahakainu | 53 | 1 | / |
| Boukhennou | 50 | 4 | / |
| Uecanu | 50 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wakenu
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