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
The surname Waari is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Waari? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 546,286th most widespread family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 12,436,085 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Waari are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most frequently used given name world-wide, borne by 73 people.
The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 553 people, or 1 in 95,735. In Tanzania Waari is primarily found in: Manyara Region, where 77 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 12 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Tunisia, where 1 percent are found and Finland, where 1 percent are found.
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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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