Wafadar Surname

1,079,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Wafadar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wafadar Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan2041:875,70512,044
Afghanistan131:2,473,32216,278
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Wafadar (650) may also be a first name.

Wafadar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wafadar Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wafadar (Hindi: वफादार, Marathi: वफादार) occurs most in Pakistan. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wafadar? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,079,669th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 31,823,345 people. Wafadar is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Wafadar live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Wafadar is also the 325,842nd most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 650 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 875,705. In Pakistan Wafadar is mostly concentrated in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 62 percent are found, Punjab, where 26 percent are found and Sindh, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Pakistan this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vafadar867,180/
Bafadar861/
Vafadare80663/
Vafadair801/
Vafaydar801/
Vafadarova713/
Vaphadar671/
Vafoodar671/
Bafadour671/
Vaphedar531/

Wafadar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wafadar in the Hindi language
वफादारvaphadara-
Wafadar in the Marathi language
वफादारvaphadara66.67
सरदारsaradara33.33

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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 Wafadar
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