Wafir Surname
Approximately 592 people bear this surname
Wafir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 243 | 1:1,663 | 170 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Indonesia | 116 | 1:1,140,079 | 81,531 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wafir (546) may also be a first name.
Wafir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wafir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wafir is carried by more people in The Maldives than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wafir.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafir? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 542,091st most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 12,310,044 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 63 percent of Wafir reside; 41 percent reside in South Asia and 41 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Wafir is also the 360,559th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 546 people.
The last name is most widespread in The Maldives, where it is carried by 243 people, or 1 in 1,663. In The Maldives it is most prevalent in: Malé, where 36 percent live, Seenu Atoll, where 12 percent live and Raa Atoll, where 7 percent live. Other than The Maldives this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 34 percent live and Indonesia, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wafire | 91 | 24 | / |
| Waafir | 91 | 3 | / |
| Wafair | 91 | 1 | / |
| Waffird | 83 | 67 | / |
| Wafer | 80 | 3,942 | / |
| Vafir | 80 | 9 | / |
| Wefir | 80 | 9 | / |
| Bafir | 80 | 6 | / |
| Wafre | 80 | 1 | / |
| Weafer | 73 | 808 | / |
| Waffer | 73 | 225 | / |
| Wayfer | 73 | 31 | / |
| Vafier | 73 | 28 | / |
| Waifer | 73 | 23 | / |
| Wafeer | 73 | 22 | / |
| Wafere | 73 | 6 | / |
| Baafir | 73 | 4 | / |
| Vafior | 73 | 3 | / |
| Vasfir | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bafhir | 73 | 2 | / |
| Baifir | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bafair | 73 | 1 | / |
| Woefir | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vafire | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waferd | 73 | 0 | / |
| Weaffer | 67 | 22 | / |
| Vaffier | 67 | 10 | / |
| Waeffer | 67 | 9 | / |
| Baaifir | 67 | 3 | / |
| Waiphir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weafear | 67 | 1 | / |
| Watferd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bayfair | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwaifer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whaffer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Waffert | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wadferd | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wafferd | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wafir
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