Waari Surname
Approximately 586 people bear this surname
Waari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 553 | 1:95,735 | 9,524 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Waari (73) may also be a first name.
Waari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waari Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waari is found most in Tanzania. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waari? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 546,286th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 12,436,085 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Waari reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most widespread first name globally, held by 73 people.
Waari is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 553 people, or 1 in 95,735. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Manyara Region, where 77 percent live, Arusha Region, where 12 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 9 percent live. Besides Tanzania it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Tunisia, where 1 percent live and Finland, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Waari
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