Wakuna Surname
Approximately 210 people bear this surname
Wakuna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 152 | 1:136,639 | 15,295 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wakuna (38) may also be a first name.
Wakuna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakuna Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakuna occurs most in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakuna? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wakuna is the 1,144,405th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 34,702,600 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Wakuna reside; 82 percent reside in Central Africa and 82 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Wakuna is also the 1,662,754th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 38 people.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 152 people, or 1 in 136,639. In Cameroon Wakuna is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 60 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 29 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon Wakuna occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 10 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waikuna | 92 | 44 | / |
| Wakauna | 92 | 26 | / |
| Wakuuna | 92 | 15 | / |
| Waukuna | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wakunna | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wakunai | 92 | 1 | / |
| Waikhuna | 86 | 110 | / |
| Wakaunah | 86 | 3 | / |
| Wakkunga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wakungaa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wakuinga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wakuno | 83 | 90 | / |
| Wakona | 83 | 89 | / |
| Wakuni | 83 | 18 | / |
| Wakunj | 83 | 7 | / |
| Wakune | 83 | 4 | / |
| Wekuna | 83 | 2 | / |
| Vakuna | 83 | 1 | / |
| Waitkunas | 80 | 41 | / |
| Wakhouina | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wakinah | 77 | 188 | / |
| Waekuno | 77 | 82 | / |
| Wakonha | 77 | 9 | / |
| Wakunyi | 77 | 9 | / |
| Wakinau | 77 | 8 | / |
| Vaikuna | 77 | 6 | / |
| Waikona | 77 | 6 | / |
| Wajkuny | 77 | 5 | / |
| Wokunai | 77 | 5 | / |
| Bakkuna | 77 | 4 | / |
| Wacunas | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wakungo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wakinha | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bakuina | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bakuuna | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wakoona | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waakona | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vatkuna | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waikuno | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wakunop | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wakunje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wokouna | 77 | 0 | / |
| Waicunas | 71 | 25 | / |
| Weikunat | 71 | 18 | / |
| Vaskunas | 71 | 4 | / |
| Weykunat | 71 | 3 | / |
| Vaitkuna | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wokounah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waikoona | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bacuna | 67 | 1,147 | / |
| Weitkunat | 67 | 153 | / |
| Wakino | 67 | 147 | / |
| Vaitkunas | 67 | 141 | / |
| Vakunj | 67 | 128 | / |
| Wakono | 67 | 69 | / |
| Wokona | 67 | 67 | / |
| Vacuna | 67 | 63 | / |
| Vaytkunas | 67 | 25 | / |
| Wakoni | 67 | 22 | / |
| Vaiskunas | 67 | 14 | / |
| Wojtkunat | 67 | 13 | / |
| Wakone | 67 | 7 | / |
| Vekuna | 67 | 6 | / |
| Weidkunas | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vakune | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weitkunha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bakunj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weytkunat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wocuna | 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
- 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 Wakuna
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