Where Does The Last Name Wakir Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Wakir (Hindi: वाकिर, Oriya: ୱାକିର) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wakir click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wakir? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 1,144,405^th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 34,702,600 people. Wakir occurs mostly in Asia, where 59 percent of Wakir are found; 51 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 51 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 366,789^th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 529 people.

Wakir is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 1,259,516. In Indonesia Wakir is primarily concentrated in: Yogyakarta, where 69 percent reside, Central Java, where 23 percent reside and Papua, where 4 percent reside. Other than Indonesia this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 23 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside.