Waraka Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Waraka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 83 | 1:1,593,364 | 105,506 |
| Solomon Islands | 42 | 1:13,810 | 2,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Waraka (69) may also be a first name.
Waraka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waraka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waraka is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waraka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Waraka is the 1,210,518th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 43 percent of Waraka live; 39 percent live in Oceania Islands and 39 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Waraka is also the 1,171,416th most prevalent forename in the world. It is borne by 69 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 1,593,364. In Indonesia Waraka is most prevalent in: West Java, where 54 percent are found, Riau, where 35 percent are found and Papua, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia it exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 22 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent are found.
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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
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