Wakira Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Wakira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 28 | 1:551,366 | 43,741 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Wakira (166) may also be a first name.
Wakira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wakira has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wakira is the 2,185,341st most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 48 percent of Wakira live; 39 percent live in Southern Africa and 39 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Wakira is also the 710,504th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 166 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 551,366. In Zimbabwe Wakira is most frequent in: Masvingo Province, where 93 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 4 percent live and Matabeleland South Province, where 4 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe Wakira exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent live and Indonesia, where 19 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
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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 Wakira
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