Wakon Surname
Approximately 188 people bear this surname
Wakon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 147 | 1:55,467 | 7,053 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 1:29,253 | 714 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 27 | 1:902,791 | 38,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Wakoń (30) are calculated separately.
Wakon (101) may also be a first name.
Wakon Demographics
Average Wakon Salary in
United States
$41,708 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wakon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wakon has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Wakoń. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakon? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,235,409th most numerous family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 84 percent of Wakon live; 84 percent live in Oceania Islands and 79 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wakon is also the 940,641st most prevalent given name on earth, held by 101 people.
The last name Wakon is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 147 people, or 1 in 55,467. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Madang, where 50 percent reside, Morobe, where 22 percent reside and Enga, where 10 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 13 percent reside and Vanuatu, where 5 percent reside.
Wakon Last Name Statistics demography
Wakon earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.34% less than the national average, earning $41,708 USD per year.
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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 Wakon
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