Al Wafaie Surname
Approximately 484 people bear this surname
Al Wafaie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 331 | 1:58,311 | 2,807 |
| Jordan | 87 | 1:101,637 | 7,122 |
| Lebanon | 35 | 1:161,060 | 7,588 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Al Wafaie Demographics
Al Wafaie Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Al Wafaie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Wafaie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Al Wafaie occurs in Syria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Al Wafaie.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Wafaie? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 631,297th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 15,056,913 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Wafaie are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 94 percent are found in Levant.
It is most commonly used in Syria, where it is borne by 331 people, or 1 in 58,311. In Syria it is most numerous in: Homs Governorate, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Syria this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 18 percent are found and Lebanon, where 7 percent are found.
Al Wafaie Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Al Wafaie last name is principally Sunni (97%) in Lebanon.
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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
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