Wakar Surname
Approximately 319 people bear this surname
Wakar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 183 | 1:4,191,614 | 111,941 |
| Liberia | 28 | 1:157,448 | 11,209 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Wakar (966) may also be a first name.
Wakar Demographics
Average Wakar Salary in
United States
$43,175 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wakar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakar (Hindi: वकार, Marathi: वकार, Oriya: ୱାକର) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 855,216th most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 22,844,972 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 68 percent of Wakar live; 63 percent live in South Asia and 57 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 259,451st most prevalent forename world-wide It is held by 966 people.
Wakar is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 4,191,614. In India Wakar is mostly found in: Uttar Pradesh, where 25 percent are found, Jharkhand, where 24 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 20 percent are found. Aside from India this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 9 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found.
Wakar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wakar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wakar surname grew 233 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wakar Last Name Statistics demography
Wakar earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.06% more than the national average, earning $43,175 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wakar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wakar in the Hindi language | ||
| वकार | vakara | 90.07 |
| वाकर | vakara | 5.3 |
| बकार | bakara | 1.99 |
| व़कार | vakara | 0.66 |
| वकर | vakara | 0.66 |
| Wakar in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାକର | wakara | 78.95 |
| ୱକାର | wakara | 15.79 |
| ଓକାର | okara | 5.26 |
| Wakar in the Marathi language | ||
| वकार | vakara | 48.08 |
| वाकर | vakara | 43.27 |
| कर | kara | 3.85 |
| वकारे | vakare | 0.96 |
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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 Wakar
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