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 last name Wafra is more commonly found in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafra? popularity and diffusion
Wafra is the 1,276,805th most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. Wafra is primarily 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 widely held first name worldwide, held by 51 people.
The last name Wafra is most frequent in Morocco, where it is held by 136 people, or 1 in 253,501. Aside from Morocco this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common 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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