Wakow Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Wakow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Waków (11) are calculated separately.
Wakow (2,444) may also be a first name.
Wakow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakow Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakow is most common in South Sudan. It may appear as: Waków. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakow? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wakow is the 6,063,924th most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Wakow is primarily found in Africa, where 60 percent of Wakow are found; 60 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 149,710th most widely held forename world-wide, held by 2,444 people.
It is most frequent in South Sudan, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 2,853,769. Beside South Sudan this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 20 percent live and Brazil, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waków | 93 | 11 | / |
| Waskow | 91 | 1,311 | / |
| Wakowa | 91 | 5 | / |
| Wakouw | 91 | 1 | / |
| Waakow | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wackow | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wasckow | 83 | 29 | / |
| Washkow | 83 | 18 | / |
| Wekow | 80 | 16 | / |
| Wacow | 80 | 5 | / |
| Wakof | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wakaw | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wakubowa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Waszkows | 77 | 1 | / |
| Woskow | 73 | 61 | / |
| Wascow | 73 | 61 | / |
| Wakoff | 73 | 32 | / |
| Bajkow | 73 | 26 | / |
| Wojkow | 73 | 16 | / |
| Baikow | 73 | 15 | / |
| Wakawe | 73 | 11 | / |
| Baykow | 73 | 6 | / |
| Backow | 73 | 2 | / |
| Waaqow | 73 | 2 | / |
| Waskov | 73 | 2 | / |
| Waśków | 73 | 1 | / |
| Baukow | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wakhaw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waskof | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bakoiw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wakoub | 73 | 1 | / |
| Watków | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wasków | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weikow | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wekoiw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wokowe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waakov | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waskaw | 73 | 0 | / |
| Watkov | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wojtkow | 67 | 92 | / |
| Waikova | 67 | 23 | / |
| Wosskow | 67 | 21 | / |
| Weytkow | 67 | 16 | / |
| Waykoff | 67 | 5 | / |
| Baukhow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakaawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wajtków | 67 | 1 | / |
| Watkoff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wackoff | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wakow
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