Wisaka Surname

912,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 291 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Wisaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wisaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1641:322,81524,412
Indonesia711:1,862,665118,960
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wisaka (53) may also be a first name.

Wisaka Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wisaka occurs most in Tanzania. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wisaka click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wisaka? popularity and diffusion

It is the 912,827th most frequent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 25,043,113 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Wisaka live; 57 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wisaka is also the 1,366,219th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 53 people.

The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 164 people, or 1 in 322,815. In Tanzania Wisaka is most numerous in: Mara Region, where 85 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania Wisaka occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 24 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 16 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wisaka
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