Wafae Surname
Approximately 1,810 people bear this surname
Wafae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 1,602 | 1:21,521 | 3,358 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Wafae (22,528) may also be a first name.
Wafae Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wafae Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wafae has its highest incidence in Morocco. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafae? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wafae is the 224,721st most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,026,268 people. The last name Wafae is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wafae reside; 99 percent reside in North Africa and 89 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 34,554th most common forename internationally, borne by 22,528 people.
The last name is most widespread in Morocco, where it is carried by 1,602 people, or 1 in 21,521. Excluding Morocco this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 10 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wafaey | 91 | 1,016 | / |
| Wafaee | 91 | 407 | / |
| Waffae | 91 | 4 | / |
| Wafa'e | 91 | 4 | / |
| Wafeu | 80 | 524 | / |
| Vafae | 80 | 236 | / |
| Bafae | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vafaee | 73 | 11,225 | / |
| Waffeu | 73 | 271 | / |
| Vafaed | 73 | 11 | / |
| Vafaey | 73 | 6 | / |
| Wafahi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wafoua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wafeai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weafeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vafaes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wafaouy | 67 | 20 | / |
| Bafaiye | 67 | 4 | / |
| Watphae | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vafaaie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vafaaee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vafahet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vafaeii | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baffayye | 62 | 20 | / |
| Baffaiye | 62 | 1 | / |
| Vafoe | 60 | 4 | / |
| Wefoe | 60 | 1 | / |
| Vafeu | 60 | 1 | / |
| Vafahi | 55 | 2 | / |
| Weifeh | 55 | 2 | / |
| Vaifeh | 55 | 1 | / |
| Wuiphae | 50 | 4 | / |
| Wafuoyo | 50 | 2 | / |
| Boufaeh | 50 | 2 | / |
| Bafouai | 50 | 1 | / |
| Boufaey | 50 | 1 | / |
| Woiffeu | 50 | 1 | / |
| Uafaiji | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Wafae
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