Wakor Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Wakor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| Poland | 36 | 1:1,055,799 | 73,637 |
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Wakor (11) may also be a first name.
Wakor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wakor is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakor? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wakor is the 1,527,735th most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. Wakor is predominantly found in Africa, where 35 percent of Wakor reside; 35 percent reside in West Africa and 31 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wakor is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 11 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 214,572. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Madang, where 58 percent reside, Western, where 39 percent reside and West New Britain, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 26 percent reside and Nigeria, where 24 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 Wakor
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