Wagani Surname
Approximately 500 people bear this surname
Wagani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 325 | 1:545,055 | 26,640 |
| Niger | 137 | 1:140,088 | 5,240 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Wagani (273) may also be a first name.
Wagani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wagani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wagani (Hindi: वागनी, Marathi: वाघानी) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wagani? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 616,129th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 14,575,092 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Wagani are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wagani is also the 537,992nd most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 273 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 325 people, or 1 in 545,055. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Bauchi, where 34 percent are found, Borno, where 32 percent are found and Yobe, where 30 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 27 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wagani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wagani in the Hindi language | ||
| वागनी | vagani | - |
| Wagani in the Marathi language | ||
| वाघानी | vaghani | 57.14 |
| वागानी | vagani | 42.86 |
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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 Wagani
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