Wairah Surname
Approximately 1,357 people bear this surname
Wairah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somaliland | 1,346 | 1:2,600 | 293 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wairah (1,124) may also be a first name.
Wairah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wairah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wairah is found most in Somaliland. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wairah.
How Common Is The Last Name Wairah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wairah is the 283,789th most numerous last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 5,370,336 people. The last name Wairah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wairah live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 237,715th most commonly held forename worldwide It is held by 1,124 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Somaliland, where it is borne by 1,346 people, or 1 in 2,600. Apart from Somaliland this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Wairah
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