Wahra Surname
Approximately 689 people bear this surname
Wahra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 541 | 1:294,560 | 8,696 |
| Pakistan | 107 | 1:1,669,569 | 17,354 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Währa (2) are calculated separately.
Wahra (77) may also be a first name.
Wahra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wahra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wahra (Arabic: وهراء, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺮﺣﻪ) is most common in Bangladesh. It can appear as a variant: Währa. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wahra? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wahra is the 483,143rd most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 10,576,990 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Wahra live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Wahra is also the 1,100,117th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, borne by 77 people.
The last name Wahra is most commonly held in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 541 people, or 1 in 294,560. Apart from Bangladesh this last name exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 16 percent live and Morocco, where 1 percent live.
Wahra Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wahra has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wahra last name contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wahra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wahra in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺮﺣﻪ | frhh | - |
| Wahra in the Arabic language | ||
| وهراء | whra | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wahra
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