Wakona Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Wakona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 74 | 1:624,053 | 28,587 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Wakona (29) may also be a first name.
Wakona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakona Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakona is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakona? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,980,395th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Wakona live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wakona is also the 1,951,561st most frequent first name on earth It is held by 29 people.
The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 624,053. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 99 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Kenya it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 10 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 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 Wakona
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