Wakwagh Surname

899,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 297 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Wakwagh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wakwagh Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2961:598,45528,689
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wakwagh (48) may also be a first name.

Wakwagh Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wakwagh Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wakwagh occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wakwagh? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 899,940th most frequent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakwagh reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly held forename world-wide, held by 48 people.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 296 people, or 1 in 598,455. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 90 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 9 percent reside and Adamawa, where 0 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Wakwagh is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wankwagh931/
Wokwagh8654/
Wekwagh867/
Vaakwagh8032/
Wakuaagh804/
Woukwagh801/
Wakwak77570/
Vekwagh711/
Wakwake711/
Waegweag671/

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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 Wakwagh
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