Wakui Surname
Approximately 13,647 people bear this surname
Wakui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 13,527 | 1:9,451 | 1,312 |
| United States | 40 | 1:9,061,473 | 385,835 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
Wakui Demographics
Average Wakui Salary in
United States
$86,519 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wakui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakui Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wakui is found in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakui? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 38,533rd most frequently held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 534,004 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Wakui live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
It is most widely held in Japan, where it is held by 13,527 people, or 1 in 9,451. In Japan Wakui is most common in: Niigata Prefecture, where 23 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 20 percent live and Saitama Prefecture, where 11 percent live. Not including Japan this surname exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.
Wakui Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wakui last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
Wakui earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 100.51% more than the national average, earning $86,519 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 Wakui
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