Wafaf Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Wafaf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wafaf 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
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Wafaf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wafaf (Arabic: وفاف) occurs in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wafaf click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wafaf? popularity and diffusion

Wafaf is the 7,117,718th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 57 percent of Wafaf live; 57 percent live in Southeast Asia and 57 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The last name Wafaf is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 7,373,556. In Malaysia Wafaf is most frequent in: Selangor, where 100 percent live. Other than Malaysia it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 43 percent live.

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
Waifaf9112/
Wafaif914/
Wafaaf911/
Vafaf809/
Wafav801/
Bafaf801/
Vafeaf731/
Wahfab731/
Baafaf731/
Bafaaf731/
Uafav601/
Vafaiv551/
Baifouf501/
Bouffaf501/
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Wafaf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wafaf in the Arabic language
وفافwfaf-

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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 Wafaf
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