Wafiy Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Wafiy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wafiy (45) may also be a first name.
Wafiy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wafiy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wafiy is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafiy? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wafiy is the 3,665,662nd most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Wafiy live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 90 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,504,468th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 45 people.
The surname Wafiy is most commonly used in Malaysia, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 1,134,393. In Malaysia it is primarily concentrated in: Selangor, where 31 percent live, Negeri Sembilan, where 19 percent live and Johor, where 15 percent live. Not including Malaysia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 3 percent live and Singapore, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waffiy | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wafi | 89 | 18,453 | / |
| Wafy | 89 | 4,765 | / |
| Waffiey | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wafai | 80 | 2,613 | / |
| Waffi | 80 | 156 | / |
| Wafey | 80 | 123 | / |
| Wafie | 80 | 72 | / |
| Wahfi | 80 | 46 | / |
| Wafih | 80 | 21 | / |
| Wafii | 80 | 14 | / |
| Waffy | 80 | 13 | / |
| Whafi | 80 | 11 | / |
| Waifi | 80 | 11 | / |
| Wafay | 80 | 5 | / |
| Wefiy | 80 | 4 | / |
| Waefi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Waafi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wafhi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waify | 80 | 1 | / |
| Weafi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wafei | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wafoi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wadfy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Watfy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waifai | 73 | 38 | / |
| Waffai | 73 | 33 | / |
| Waifoi | 73 | 18 | / |
| Wafaay | 73 | 10 | / |
| Wassfy | 73 | 9 | / |
| Wasfih | 73 | 8 | / |
| Hwaify | 73 | 4 | / |
| Waiffi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Waffie | 73 | 3 | / |
| Wahafi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wafhai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wafieh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wayfay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wasfai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waifei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waffis | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wahfiz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Watfai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wafeey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wasfij | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waffey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wafa | 67 | 47,439 | / |
| Wafe | 67 | 573 | / |
| Bafi | 67 | 393 | / |
| Vafi | 67 | 381 | / |
| Wefi | 67 | 308 | / |
| Wofi | 67 | 17 | / |
| Bafy | 67 | 15 | / |
| Wefy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Uafi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Waifish | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wafaich | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wafj | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wafiy
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