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
Wafie is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafie? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wafie is the 2,237,939th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 54 percent of Wafie reside; 43 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 43 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Wafie is also the 1,412,538th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 50 people.
It is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 281,163. In Papua New Guinea Wafie is most numerous in: East Sepik, where 90 percent live, Eastern Highlands, where 3 percent live and West New Britain, where 3 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found 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
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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 Wafie
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