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 is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakira? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,185,341st most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 48 percent of Wakira are found; 39 percent are found in Southern Africa and 39 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Wakira is also the 710,504th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 166 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 551,366. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 93 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 4 percent are found and Matabeleland South Province, where 4 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe Wakira exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent are found and Indonesia, where 19 percent are found.
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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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