Wankie Surname
Approximately 721 people bear this surname
Wankie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 357 | 1:44,398 | 4,301 |
| Botswana | 221 | 1:9,896 | 1,823 |
| Zimbabwe | 94 | 1:164,237 | 20,345 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Wankie (368) may also be a first name.
Wankie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wankie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wankie occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wankie? popularity and diffusion
It is the 466,730th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 10,107,553 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wankie are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 453,251st most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 368 people.
It is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 357 people, or 1 in 44,398. In Zambia Wankie is most numerous in: Western Province, where 32 percent are found, Southern Province, where 26 percent are found and Central Province, where 15 percent are found. Other than Zambia this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 31 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 13 percent are found.
Wankie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wankie has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wankie surname fell 88 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wankie
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