Wafie Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Wafie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wafie (50) may also be a first name.
Wafie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wafie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wafie is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafie? popularity and diffusion
Wafie is the 2,237,939th most widely held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname Wafie is primarily found in Asia, where 54 percent of Wafie reside; 43 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 43 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,412,538th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 50 people.
Wafie is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 281,163. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: East Sepik, where 90 percent live, Eastern Highlands, where 3 percent live and West New Britain, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 32 percent live and Malaysia, where 11 percent live.
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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 Wafie
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