Wafio Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Wafio Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wafio Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
England11:55,718,059489,080

Wafio (12) may also be a first name.

Wafio Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wafio Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wafio is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wafio.

How Common Is The Last Name Wafio? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,931,261st most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Wafio live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Wafio is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 12 people.

The surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 830,108. Beside The DR Congo this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wafia80173/
Bafio8033/
Wefio802/
Wafiah73335/
Beafio7321/
Waffia731/
Weifio731/
Waafiah672/
Wafaiya671/
Wafuiya671/
Waiphyo671/
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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 Wafio
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