Wagir Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Wagir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wagir (70) may also be a first name.
Wagir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wagir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wagir (Hindi: वजीर) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wagir? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wagir is the 3,432,070th most widespread surname globally It is held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Wagir reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wagir is also the 1,162,016th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 70 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 96 percent live and Yobe, where 4 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 6 percent live and Afghanistan, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wagir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wagir in the Hindi language | ||
| वजीर | vajira | - |
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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 Wagir
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