Wanaka Surname
Approximately 233 people bear this surname
Wanaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 49 | 1:7,397,121 | 336,459 |
| Papua New Guinea | 47 | 1:173,483 | 24,058 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| New Zealand | 23 | 1:196,884 | 20,367 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Wanaka (113) may also be a first name.
Wanaka Demographics
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Wanaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanaka (Arabic: اناكا) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wanaka.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanaka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,067,497th most frequently used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 31,277,021 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 42 percent of Wanaka reside; 21 percent reside in North America and 21 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Wanaka is also the 881,625th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 113 people.
This last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 7,397,121. In The United States Wanaka is mostly concentrated in: Washington, where 39 percent live, California, where 27 percent live and Oregon, where 22 percent live. Not including The United States this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live and The DR Congo, where 18 percent live.
Wanaka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wanaka has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wanaka surname rose 445 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wanaka Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wanaka surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.
Wanaka earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.13% more than the national average, earning $47,953 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wanaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wanaka in the Arabic language | ||
| اناكا | anaka | - |
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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 Wanaka
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