Wafe Surname
Approximately 573 people bear this surname
Wafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Cameroon | 57 | 1:364,370 | 32,302 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 40 | 1:34,099 | 3,409 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| United States | 20 | 1:18,122,947 | 588,089 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Wafe (115) may also be a first name.
Wafe Demographics
Average Wafe Salary in
United States
$45,719 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wafe is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wafe is the 555,669th most common surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 12,718,230 people. Wafe is primarily found in Africa, where 82 percent of Wafe live; 54 percent live in North Africa and 53 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 873,022nd most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 115 people.
This last name is most widespread in Egypt, where it is held by 305 people, or 1 in 301,429. Barring Egypt this last name occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found and Cameroon, where 10 percent are found.
Wafe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wafe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wafe last name expanded 167 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wafe Last Name Statistics demography
Wafe earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.96% more than the national average, earning $45,719 USD 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 Wafe
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