Wakete Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Wakete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 72 | 1:735,300 | 41,343 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wakete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakete Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakete is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wakete.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakete? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wakete is the 2,121,169th most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. Wakete is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wakete reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 735,300. In Tanzania Wakete is primarily concentrated in: Mara Region, where 97 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wakete
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