Wajiri Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Wajiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 71 | 1:292,522 | 27,501 |
| Nigeria | 57 | 1:3,107,768 | 95,628 |
| Niger | 25 | 1:767,681 | 17,983 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wajiri (339) may also be a first name.
Wajiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wajiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wajiri is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wajiri? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,281,391st most widespread last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Wajiri reside; 47 percent reside in West Africa and 39 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 474,488th most numerous given name internationally, held by 339 people.
Wajiri is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 292,522. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 90 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 3 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 32 percent are found and Niger, where 14 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
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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 Wajiri
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