Wanakan Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Wanakan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wanakan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger51:3,838,40364,195
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Wanakan (20) may also be a first name.

Wanakan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wanakan (Arabic: واناكان) is found in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanakan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wanakan is the 6,723,624th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 63 percent of Wanakan live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Chadic Africa. Wanakan is also the 2,446,817th most common forename at a global level, borne by 20 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Niger, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 3,838,403. In Niger it is most frequent in: Zinder Region, where 100 percent reside. Not including Niger it occurs in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 38 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Wanakan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wanakan in the Arabic language
واناكانwanakan-

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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 Wanakan
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