Wakun Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Wakun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 42 | 1:194,136 | 26,902 |
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wakun (381) may also be a first name.
Wakun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakun (Oriya: ୱାକୁନ) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakun? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,736,881st most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. Wakun occurs mostly in Oceania, where 40 percent of Wakun live; 40 percent live in Oceania Islands and 40 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 444,187th most numerous first name in the world, held by 381 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 194,136. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: East Sepik, where 83 percent live, Madang, where 12 percent live and Morobe, where 2 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 36 percent live and Poland, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wakun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wakun in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାକୁନ | wakuna | - |
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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 Wakun
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