Waky Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Waky Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Waky (36) may also be a first name.
Waky Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waky Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waky (Arabic: وكيع) is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waky? popularity and diffusion
The last name Waky is the 3,141,416th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 69 percent of Waky reside; 69 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 69 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,717,090th most common forename throughout the world. It is borne by 36 people.
The last name Waky is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea Waky is mostly found in: Southern Highlands, where 79 percent are found and Enga, where 21 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 33 percent are found and Tanzania, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waky Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waky in the Arabic language | ||
| وكيع | wky | - |
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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 Waky
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