Wajira Surname
Approximately 550 people bear this surname
Wajira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 439 | 1:47,400 | 5,492 |
| Niger | 52 | 1:369,077 | 10,509 |
| Thailand | 36 | 1:1,962,176 | 235,280 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Wajira (9,037) may also be a first name.
Wajira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wajira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wajira (Hindi: वजीरा, Marathi: वजीरा) is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wajira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 572,911th most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 13,250,083 people. The surname Wajira occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Wajira reside; 80 percent reside in South Asia and 80 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Wajira is also the 65,516th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 9,037 people.
The surname Wajira is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 439 people, or 1 in 47,400. Outside of Sri Lanka it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 9 percent reside and Thailand, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wajira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wajira in the Hindi language | ||
| वजीरा | vajira | - |
| Wajira in the Marathi language | ||
| वजीरा | vajira | - |
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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 Wajira
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