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 occurs in The Maldives more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafir? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 542,091st most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,310,044 people. Wafir is predominantly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Wafir live; 41 percent live in South Asia and 41 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Wafir is also the 360,559th most commonly held forename internationally It is held by 546 people.
The last name Wafir is most prevalent in The Maldives, where it is borne by 243 people, or 1 in 1,663. In The Maldives Wafir is primarily concentrated in: Malé, where 36 percent are found, Seenu Atoll, where 12 percent are found and Raa Atoll, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The Maldives this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 34 percent are found and Indonesia, where 20 percent are found.
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
- 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 Wafir
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