Wakkay Surname
Approximately 228 people bear this surname
Wakkay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 223 | 1:593,046 | 47,213 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
Wakkay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakkay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakkay has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakkay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,082,743rd most common surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 31,962,921 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Wakkay are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 223 people, or 1 in 593,046. In Indonesia Wakkay is most prevalent in: Maluku, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia it is found in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 2 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
- 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 Wakkay
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