Wakkar Surname
Approximately 284 people bear this surname
Wakkar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 267 | 1:2,872,904 | 87,446 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wakkar (36) may also be a first name.
Wakkar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakkar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakkar (Hindi: वक्कार, Marathi: वाककर) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakkar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 928,396th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Wakkar reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,717,090th most common first name on earth, borne by 36 people.
This surname is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 267 people, or 1 in 2,872,904. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 90 percent reside, Delhi, where 1 percent reside and Bihar, where 0 percent reside. Beside India this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 3 percent reside and Morocco, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wakkar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wakkar in the Hindi language | ||
| वक्कार | vakkara | 88.89 |
| वकार | vakara | 11.11 |
| Wakkar in the Marathi language | ||
| वाककर | vakakara | 70 |
| कर | kara | 15 |
| वाकर | vakara | 10 |
| भाकर | bhakara | 5 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wakkar
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