Warakawa Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Warakawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 80 | 1:229,401 | 4,683 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Warakawa (15) may also be a first name.
Warakawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Warakawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Warakawa is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Warakawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Warakawa is the 1,907,068th most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. Warakawa is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Warakawa live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most widely held given name at a global level. It is borne by 15 people.
This last name is most widely held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 229,401. In Burkina Faso Warakawa is mostly concentrated in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 100 percent are found. Other than Burkina Faso it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent are found and Sri Lanka, where 1 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
- 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 Warakawa
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