Wakha Surname
Approximately 542 people bear this surname
Wakha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 520 | 1:142,076 | 15,019 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Wakha (150) may also be a first name.
Wakha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺧﺎ) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 579,404th most prevalent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 13,445,657 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wakha reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Wakha is also the 752,187th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 150 people.
The last name is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is held by 520 people, or 1 in 142,076. Barring The DR Congo Wakha is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wakha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wakha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﺧﺎ | wakha | 60 |
| ﻭﻛﻬﺎ | wkha | 20 |
| ﻭﺧﺎ | wkha | 20 |
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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 Wakha
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