Wafai Surname
Approximately 2,613 people bear this surname
Wafai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 1,829 | 1:16,870 | 2,323 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| Afghanistan | 117 | 1:274,814 | 4,496 |
| Pakistan | 62 | 1:2,881,353 | 23,780 |
| Iran | 53 | 1:1,448,727 | 58,350 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| United States | 25 | 1:14,498,357 | 517,445 |
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Syria | 11 | 1:1,754,638 | 8,509 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Jordan | 4 | 1:2,210,609 | 20,372 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
The alternate forms: Wafaï (1) are calculated separately.
Wafai (108) may also be a first name.
Wafai Demographics
Average Wafai Salary in
United States
$56,587 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wafai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wafai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wafai is more commonly found in Saudi Arabia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Wafaï. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 165,734th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,788,957 people. Wafai is primarily found in Asia, where 82 percent of Wafai reside; 72 percent reside in West Asia and 72 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 904,892nd most commonly held given name at a global level, borne by 108 people.
Wafai is most frequently used in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 1,829 people, or 1 in 16,870. Barring Saudi Arabia Wafai occurs in 33 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 13 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 4 percent reside.
Wafai Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Wafai earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 31.14% more than the national average, earning $56,587 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.64% less than the national average, earning $36,942 CAD per year.
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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 Wafai
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