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 also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 777,192nd most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 19,965,879 people. The last name Wakka occurs predominantly 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 prevalent given name throughout the world, borne by 440 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 106 people, or 1 in 1,247,634. In Indonesia Wakka is most common in: South Sulawesi, where 85 percent reside, North Sulawesi, where 9 percent reside and Southeast Sulawesi, where 5 percent reside. Not including Indonesia this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 20 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 15 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
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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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