Wagif Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Wagif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wagif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran331:2,326,74378,121
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Wagif Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wagif is borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wagif? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,274,477th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Wagif live; 92 percent live in South Asia and 92 percent live in Islamic South Asia.

The last name is most widely held in Iran, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 2,326,743. In Iran it is most prevalent in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 48 percent live, Tehran Province, where 45 percent live and Fars Province, where 3 percent live. Not including Iran this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waghif911/
Wasif8013,196/
Wazif8054/
Wagiv8032/
Vagif8022/
Wagef805/
Wajif803/
Waasif73185/
Waghef7323/
Wazaif7311/
Wahsif7310/
Waguef737/
Wazeif734/
Wasaif734/
Wazzif734/
Wasief732/
Warzif731/
Wazisf731/
Wasifh731/
Vaguif731/
Vadgift670/

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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 Wagif
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