Waira Surname
Approximately 2,358 people bear this surname
Waira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,341 | 1:29,112 | 4,003 |
| Papua New Guinea | 582 | 1:14,010 | 1,337 |
| Niger | 280 | 1:68,543 | 3,124 |
| India | 67 | 1:11,448,737 | 210,278 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Kenya | 17 | 1:2,716,465 | 37,471 |
| Solomon Islands | 17 | 1:34,119 | 6,789 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Waira (811) may also be a first name.
Waira Demographics
Waira Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Waira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waira (Hindi: वाई्र) is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waira? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 180,666th most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 3,090,562 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Waira reside; 58 percent reside in East Africa and 55 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 287,044th most common first name world-wide, borne by 811 people.
It is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,341 people, or 1 in 29,112. In Uganda Waira is most frequent in: Budaka District, where 40 percent reside, Kibuku District, where 17 percent reside and Mayuge District, where 5 percent reside. Besides Uganda this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent reside and Niger, where 12 percent reside.
Waira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waira in the Hindi language | ||
| वाई्र | va'ira | 75 |
| वाइर्अ | va'ir'a | 25 |
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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 Waira
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