Wachar Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Wachar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 156 | 1:123,026 | 4,780 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Wachar (16) may also be a first name.
Wachar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wachar (Hindi: वाछर, Oriya: ୱାଚର) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachar? popularity and diffusion
Wachar is the 1,338,236th most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Wachar live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name internationally, held by 16 people.
The surname Wachar is most frequently used in Niger, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 123,026. In Niger Wachar is most frequent in: Tahoua Region, where 61 percent live, Agadez Region, where 21 percent live and Zinder Region, where 14 percent live. Besides Niger it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 5 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wachar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wachar in the Hindi language | ||
| वाछर | vachara | - |
| Wachar in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାଚର | wacara | - |
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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 Wachar
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