Vakira Surname
Approximately 513 people bear this surname
Vakira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 407 | 1:37,932 | 5,884 |
| India | 105 | 1:7,305,385 | 159,213 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Vakira (19) may also be a first name.
Vakira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vakira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vakira (Hindi: वाकिरा, Marathi: वकीरा) is found most in Zimbabwe. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vakira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 604,614th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 14,205,743 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Vakira are found; 79 percent are found in Southern Africa and 79 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Vakira is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held forename at a global level, borne by 19 people.
Vakira is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 407 people, or 1 in 37,932. In Zimbabwe Vakira is mostly concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 36 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 28 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 23 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 20 percent live and Russia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vakira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vakira in the Marathi language | ||
| वकीरा | vakira | - |
| Vakira in the Hindi language | ||
| वाकिरा | vakira | 75 |
| वकीरा | vakira | 25 |
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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 Vakira
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