Wafire Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Wafire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wafire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wafire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wafire occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafire? popularity and diffusion
Wafire is the 4,034,050th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wafire live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 1,697,360. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Budaka District, where 48 percent reside, Pallisa District, where 30 percent reside and Kibuku District, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wafir | 91 | 592 | / |
| Wafre | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wayfired | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wafare | 83 | 52 | / |
| Wafiri | 83 | 25 | / |
| Wafira | 83 | 18 | / |
| Wafere | 83 | 6 | / |
| Waafir | 83 | 3 | / |
| Bafire | 83 | 2 | / |
| Vafire | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wafair | 83 | 1 | / |
| Waffird | 77 | 67 | / |
| Waafira | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wafaira | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wafoure | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waferer | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wafer | 73 | 3,942 | / |
| Vafir | 73 | 9 | / |
| Bafir | 73 | 6 | / |
| Wapfaira | 71 | 32 | / |
| Weafer | 67 | 808 | / |
| Vafare | 67 | 359 | / |
| Waffer | 67 | 225 | / |
| Wafera | 67 | 35 | / |
| Wayfer | 67 | 31 | / |
| Vafier | 67 | 28 | / |
| Waifer | 67 | 23 | / |
| Wafeer | 67 | 22 | / |
| Bafiri | 67 | 22 | / |
| Vafere | 67 | 18 | / |
| Bafere | 67 | 17 | / |
| Wafuri | 67 | 8 | / |
| Baafir | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vafior | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vasfir | 67 | 2 | / |
| Waferi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vafure | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bafhir | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vaifre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bafirj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baifir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bafair | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vafhre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wofira | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weifre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bofire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wefere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wefure | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wafery | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waferd | 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 Wafire
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