Waires Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Waires Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Waires (50) may also be a first name.
Waires Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waires Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waires has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waires? popularity and diffusion
The last name Waires is the 7,117,718th most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Waires are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Waires is also the 1,412,538th most common given name throughout the world. It is borne by 50 people.
The surname Waires is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 2,573,040. In Zimbabwe Waires is most common in: Mashonaland East Province, where 100 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe Waires is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live.
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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 Waires
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