Wakiba Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wakiba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wakiba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Wakiba (28) may also be a first name.

Wakiba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wakiba Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wakiba has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wakiba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,307,654th most numerous family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Wakiba is primarily found in Oceania, where 43 percent of Wakiba reside; 43 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 43 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wakiba is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 28 people.

The surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Wakiba is mostly concentrated in: Hela, where 100 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 24 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wakibah927/
Wakhibah866/
Wakibaya861/
Wakibaja861/
Wackeiba861/
Wakibi831,268/
Wakuba8381/
Wakeba8314/
Wakibe837/
Wakibo833/
Wachiba7735/
Bakuiba7721/
Wakaibo7716/
Waskeba771/
Waicuba771/
Waikibi771/
Waikiva771/
Wakibou771/
Bahakiba715/
Bakeibau711/
Wakebe6728/
Wakubo674/
Wokibi672/
Baqiba671/
Bakiby671/
Woukoibai671/
Vakeba671/
Vakibe671/
Bakuibhai671/

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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 Wakiba
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