Wafur Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Wafur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wafur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia641:2,066,394128,621
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wafur (309) may also be a first name.

Wafur Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wafur Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wafur occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wafur? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,710,039th most widespread last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 47 percent of Wafur are found; 46 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 46 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 500,178th most commonly held forename at a global level, borne by 309 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 2,066,394. In Indonesia Wafur is most prevalent in: East Java, where 83 percent reside and Papua, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Indonesia this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 42 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weafur911/
Wafour910/
Wafoure831/
Wasfaur831/
Waffurd830/
Wafor80108/
Wofur8050/
Uafur801/
Bafur801/
Weefur73154/
Bafour7356/
Waifor732/
Baifur732/
Vafure732/
Weifur731/
Bafaur731/
Baffour6726,297/
Vaifour6739/
Baafour6728/
Baufour677/
Baifour673/
Bowfour671/
Bahfour671/
Vaffour671/
Bauffur671/
Beaufour62597/
Baaffour621/
Beaufaur621/
Woodfurr621/
Wofor605/
Uefur601/
Vefour55218/
Bofour559/
Baphur555/
Vafoor552/
Vaifor551/
Vaphur551/
Véfour551/
Wofoor551/
Bofaur551/
Vaffoor50292/
Boffour50288/
Boufour501/
Vaphure501/

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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 Wafur
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