Wavoeke Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Wavoeke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wavoeke Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin971:106,55311,978
Nigeria311:5,714,283142,531
France11:66,422,722504,397

Wavoeke Last Name Facts

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

Wavoeke is most common in Benin. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wavoeke? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wavoeke is the 1,581,912th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. The surname Wavoeke occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wavoeke live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Wavoeke is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 97 people, or 1 in 106,553. In Benin it is mostly found in: Ouémé Department, where 79 percent live, Plateau Department, where 14 percent live and Littoral Department, where 5 percent live. Besides Benin it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 24 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wavoheke931/
Wavoke921/
Wavek8315/
Wawoke7725/
Weavek774/
Waveka772/
Wavoko771/
Woefke770/
Wafueke713/
Wavekua711/
Wofekeh711/
Waviyok711/
Wavoika711/
Wafek671,688/
Bowoyeke67131/
Wavik6783/
Wavak6715/
Vanpoeke676/
Wofek675/
Wefke671/
Wavck670/
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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 Wavoeke
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