Wakne Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Wakne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Wakne (13) may also be a first name.
Wakne Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakne Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wakne is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wakne.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakne? popularity and diffusion
Wakne is the 7,117,718th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 71 percent of Wakne reside; 71 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 71 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wakne is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 13 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 2,038,429. In Papua New Guinea Wakne is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 100 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 29 percent live and Indonesia, where 14 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 Wakne
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