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
The surname Wajira (Hindi: वजीरा, Marathi: वजीरा) occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wajira? popularity and diffusion
Wajira is the 572,911th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,250,083 people. The last name Wajira is primarily found in Asia, where 87 percent of Wajira live; 80 percent live in South Asia and 80 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Wajira is also the 65,516th most frequently held forename globally. It is borne by 9,037 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 439 people, or 1 in 47,400. Barring Sri Lanka Wajira exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 9 percent are found and Thailand, where 7 percent are found.
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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