Wafari Surname
Approximately 538 people bear this surname
Wafari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 381 | 1:201,529 | 16,226 |
| Nigeria | 155 | 1:1,142,857 | 46,821 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Wafari (155) may also be a first name.
Wafari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wafari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wafari has its highest incidence in Iran. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafari? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 582,776th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 13,545,624 people. The last name Wafari is primarily found in Asia, where 71 percent of Wafari are found; 71 percent are found in South Asia and 71 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 738,219th most commonly used forename in the world It is held by 155 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Iran, where it is held by 381 people, or 1 in 201,529. In Iran Wafari is most numerous in: Ardabil Province, where 26 percent are found, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 23 percent are found and North Khorasan Province, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Iran Wafari exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found and Egypt, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wafarid | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bafari | 83 | 113 | / |
| Wafare | 83 | 52 | / |
| Waferi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Vafari | 83 | 2 | / |
| Baffari | 77 | 570 | / |
| Vazfari | 77 | 5 | / |
| Wafaira | 77 | 2 | / |
| Baifari | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bafeari | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bayfari | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bafarai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wafouri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vafarei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bafhari | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wasfaret | 71 | 50 | / |
| Wapfaira | 71 | 32 | / |
| Baifarai | 71 | 13 | / |
| Bayfahri | 71 | 12 | / |
| Wausfare | 71 | 0 | / |
| Vafare | 67 | 359 | / |
| Bafare | 67 | 12 | / |
| Vaferi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wafere | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bafary | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wofara | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bofari | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wafore | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woferi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wafery | 67 | 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 Wafari
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