Wakuwala Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Wakuwala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
Wakuwala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakuwala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wakuwala (Marathi: वाकुवाला) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakuwala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,812,366th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Wakuwala reside; 82 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Wakuwala is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 100 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakuwale | 88 | 34 | / |
| Wakiwala | 88 | 14 | / |
| Wakubala | 88 | 4 | / |
| Wakuwela | 88 | 1 | / |
| Vakuvala | 75 | 112 | / |
| Wokuwale | 75 | 2 | / |
| Vekouwala | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bakuvale | 63 | 5 | / |
| Vakivala | 63 | 3 | / |
| Vacuvala | 63 | 1 | / |
| Bakubola | 63 | 1 | / |
| Bakubalo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Bakoubalo | 59 | 11 | / |
| Vakkivala | 59 | 3 | / |
| Boukouvala | 56 | 928 | / |
| Bakouboula | 56 | 61 | / |
| Voukouvala | 56 | 5 | / |
| Bakoubalou | 56 | 1 | / |
| Voukouvalas | 53 | 85 | / |
| Backouboula | 53 | 4 | / |
| Bokubali | 50 | 27 | / |
Wakuwala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wakuwala in the Marathi language | ||
| वाकुवाला | vakuvala | - |
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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 Wakuwala
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