Vafai Surname
Approximately 891 people bear this surname
Vafai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 658 | 1:116,691 | 11,003 |
| United States | 161 | 1:2,251,298 | 140,756 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Vafai (436) may also be a first name.
Vafai Demographics
Average Vafai Salary in
United States
$62,237 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Vafai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vafai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vafai (Hindi: वफाई, Russian: Вафаи) occurs most in Iran. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Vafai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vafai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vafai is the 395,841st most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 8,179,064 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Vafai reside; 74 percent reside in South Asia and 74 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Vafai is also the 410,680th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 436 people.
The last name Vafai is most numerous in Iran, where it is borne by 658 people, or 1 in 116,691. In Iran Vafai is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 23 percent are found, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 9 percent are found and Qom Province, where 8 percent are found. Barring Iran this last name occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Germany, where 2 percent are found.
Vafai Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Vafai last name are 11.29% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.06% registered with the party.
Vafai earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 44.24% more than the national average, earning $62,237 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vafai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vafai in the Hindi language | ||
| वफाई | vapha'i | 50 |
| वफई | vapha'i | 50 |
| Vafai in the Russian language | ||
| Вафаи | vafai | - |
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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 Vafai
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