Wakfi Surname

541,435th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 593 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Wakfi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wakfi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt5801:158,51012,069
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Wakfi (759) may also be a first name.

Wakfi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wakfi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wakfi occurs most in Egypt. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wakfi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 541,435th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 12,289,285 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wakfi are found; 98 percent are found in North Africa and 98 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Wakfi is also the 298,137th most frequent given name globally, borne by 759 people.

Wakfi is most widely held in Egypt, where it is borne by 580 people, or 1 in 158,510. Besides Egypt it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and Turkey, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wakfie9137/
Waakfi919/
Waqfi80295/
Wakfa80123/
Vakfi8023/
Wagfi8019/
Wokfi801/
Wakfer73127/
Waqfih731/
Bakhfai671/
Wokfa6031/
Bökfi6031/
Bokfi6012/
Bagfi603/
Waqfa601/
Wagfa601/
Wakpha551/
Bokvfi551/

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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 Wakfi
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