Wafra Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Wafra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Burkina Faso | 31 | 1:592,003 | 7,564 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wafra (51) may also be a first name.
Wafra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wafra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wafra is found most in Morocco. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wafra click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafra? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,276,805th most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Wafra are found; 76 percent are found in North Africa and 76 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 51 people.
The last name Wafra is most frequently used in Morocco, where it is held by 136 people, or 1 in 253,501. Beside Morocco this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 17 percent reside and Kuwait, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Wafra
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