Wafal Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Wafal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Wafal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wafal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wafal is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafal? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,116,508th most common surname on earth, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. Wafal occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wafal are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Adamawa, where 52 percent are found and Borno, where 48 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watfal | 91 | 4 | / |
| Wasfal | 91 | 0 | / |
| Wayfale | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wadfale | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bafal | 80 | 14 | / |
| Vafal | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wefal | 80 | 1 | / |
| Weatfall | 77 | 2 | / |
| Whatfall | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wauffall | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waitfall | 77 | 0 | / |
| Weatfaul | 77 | 0 | / |
| Bafail | 73 | 1,800 | / |
| Baufal | 73 | 36 | / |
| Vafale | 73 | 36 | / |
| Baifal | 73 | 16 | / |
| Bafall | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wefall | 73 | 4 | / |
| Uafale | 73 | 2 | / |
| Vayfal | 73 | 2 | / |
| Baffal | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vafail | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vafaul | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wafole | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bafalh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wheatfall | 71 | 434 | / |
| Wachfaitl | 71 | 5 | / |
| Weathfall | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wheapfall | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vaifale | 67 | 227 | / |
| Bauffal | 67 | 12 | / |
| Vayfale | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wayphal | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vasfale | 67 | 4 | / |
| Woofall | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wefphal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bahfaal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waphale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bafahal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baufall | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wodfall | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wasfold | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wafal
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