Wakola Surname
Approximately 251 people bear this surname
Wakola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 151 | 1:350,607 | 25,844 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wakola (37) may also be a first name.
Wakola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakola Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wakola occurs most in Tanzania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakola? popularity and diffusion
Wakola is the 1,011,991st most commonly held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 29,034,047 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Wakola live; 64 percent live in East Africa and 61 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wakola is also the 1,688,769th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 37 people.
The last name Wakola is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 151 people, or 1 in 350,607. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Kigoma Region, where 99 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 27 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 7 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
- 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 Wakola
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