Wakas
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Wakas is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.
- PKPakistan≈1 in 248K(inferred from the name graph)
- NONorway≈1 in 300K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 1.6M
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 40 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 248K (inferred from the name graph)
≈940 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Pakistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wakas counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | ≈940 est. | ≈1 in 248K | — | Wakas | 12 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈41 est. | ≈1 in 1.6M | 10 | Wakas | 40 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 11M | — | Wakas | 5 |
| NO Norway | ≈18 est. | ≈1 in 300K | 20 | Wakas | 5 |
| US United States | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 23M | — | Wakas | 24 |
| DE Germany | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 7.8M | — | Wakas | 10 |
| SE Sweden | ≈1 est. | ≈1 in 7.1M | 15 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Wakas is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In bik, act of lifting someone's skirt
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Filipino, end; finish; conclusion
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In tgt, to terminate, finish
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In wuu, Register
as a wordAn English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Shanghai Dialect
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 3 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 18 | #43,688 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 15 | #30,135 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 10 | #143,714 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Wakas a male or female name?
- Wakas is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Wakas have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 941 people named Wakas in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wakas.
- How common is the name Wakas?
- Mondonomo estimates about 940 people in Pakistan have Wakas as their first given name, about 1 in 248 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
What do you want to know about Wakas?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wakasThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wakas”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.