Wayaka Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Wayaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 138 | 1:150,500 | 16,554 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96 | 1:84,935 | 11,249 |
| Uganda | 46 | 1:848,680 | 39,357 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Guyana | 7 | 1:108,889 | 7,175 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Wayaka (168) may also be a first name.
Wayaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wayaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wayaka has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wayaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wayaka is the 860,770th most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 23,061,854 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Wayaka reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 35 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 705,855th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 168 people.
The last name Wayaka is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 138 people, or 1 in 150,500. In Cameroon Wayaka is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 88 percent are found and North Region, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent are found and Uganda, where 15 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 Wayaka
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