Wankai Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Wankai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Wankaî (1) are calculated separately.
Wankai (9,268) may also be a first name.
Wankai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wankai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wankai is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Wankaî. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wankai? popularity and diffusion
Wankai is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 44 percent of Wankai live; 44 percent live in Oceania Islands and 44 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wankai is also the 64,473rd most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 9,268 people.
Wankai is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 2,038,429. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: East Sepik, where 25 percent reside, Gulf, where 25 percent reside and Jiwaka, where 25 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 22 percent reside and Niger, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Wankai
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