Wahara Surname
Approximately 435 people bear this surname
Wahara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Pakistan | 158 | 1:1,130,658 | 13,915 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Wahara (35) may also be a first name.
Wahara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wahara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wahara (Marathi: वाहर) occurs most in Malawi. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wahara.
How Common Is The Last Name Wahara? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wahara is the 683,026th most frequently used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 16,752,979 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Wahara are found; 62 percent are found in Southern Africa and 62 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly held forename on earth. It is borne by 35 people.
It is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Apart from Malawi this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 36 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wahara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wahara in the Marathi language | ||
| वाहर | vahara | - |
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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 Wahara
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