Wakiu Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Wakiu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Wakiu (106) may also be a first name.
Wakiu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakiu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakiu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wakiu.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakiu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,116,508th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Wakiu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Wakiu reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wakiu is also the 915,176th most commonly used forename on earth It is held by 106 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kano, where 70 percent reside, Ondo, where 15 percent reside and Jigawa, where 5 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Wakiu
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