Wakeu Surname
Approximately 294 people bear this surname
Wakeu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 291 | 1:71,371 | 8,951 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Wakeu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakeu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wakeu occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakeu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 906,170th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 24,787,571 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wakeu are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 291 people, or 1 in 71,371. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 47 percent live, Littoral Region, where 37 percent live and West Region, where 12 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 0 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent live.
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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 Wakeu
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