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 occurs more in Saudi Arabia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Wafaï. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 165,734th most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,788,957 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 82 percent of Wafai live; 72 percent live in West Asia and 72 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Wafai is also the 904,892nd most prevalent first name globally It is held by 108 people.
The surname is most widely held in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 1,829 people, or 1 in 16,870. Aside from Saudi Arabia this surname exists in 33 countries. It is also found 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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