Wakoi Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Wakoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 140 | 1:58,241 | 7,447 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Wakoi (113) may also be a first name.
Wakoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wakoi is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakoi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,415,499th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 47,631,019 people. The last name Wakoi occurs mostly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Wakoi reside; 92 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 92 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 881,625th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 113 people.
Wakoi is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 58,241. In Papua New Guinea Wakoi is most prevalent in: Southern Highlands, where 67 percent reside, Madang, where 18 percent reside and National Capital District, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 7 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 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 Wakoi
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