Wakka Surname
Approximately 365 people bear this surname
Wakka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 106 | 1:1,247,634 | 87,669 |
| Cameroon | 72 | 1:288,459 | 27,220 |
| Netherlands | 55 | 1:307,040 | 36,360 |
| Uganda | 31 | 1:1,259,332 | 49,678 |
| Niger | 25 | 1:767,681 | 17,983 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Wakka (440) may also be a first name.
Wakka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wakka is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 777,192nd most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 19,965,879 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 42 percent of Wakka reside; 33 percent reside in West Africa and 30 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 408,694th most common first name worldwide, borne by 440 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 106 people, or 1 in 1,247,634. In Indonesia Wakka is most numerous in: South Sulawesi, where 85 percent are found, North Sulawesi, where 9 percent are found and Southeast Sulawesi, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia Wakka is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 20 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 15 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 Wakka
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