Waqar Surname
Approximately 51,335 people bear this surname
Waqar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 46,557 | 1:3,837 | 415 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,590 | 1:19,406 | 2,666 |
| United Arab Emirates | 831 | 1:11,026 | 1,380 |
| Iran | 550 | 1:139,605 | 12,547 |
| India | 422 | 1:1,817,690 | 64,395 |
| England | 331 | 1:168,333 | 15,551 |
| United States | 211 | 1:1,717,815 | 113,709 |
| Bahrain | 132 | 1:10,217 | 1,962 |
| Canada | 123 | 1:299,558 | 27,752 |
| Afghanistan | 112 | 1:287,082 | 4,626 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| Qatar | 87 | 1:27,103 | 2,847 |
| Greece | 38 | 1:291,573 | 42,990 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Malaysia | 29 | 1:1,017,042 | 45,504 |
| Sweden | 22 | 1:447,580 | 32,003 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:356,921 | 15,763 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Oman | 5 | 1:737,594 | 6,889 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
The alternate forms: Wàqár (1) are calculated separately.
Waqar (169,642) may also be a first name.
Waqar Demographics
Average Waqar Salary in
United States
$50,096 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Waqar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waqar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waqar (Arabic: قار, Hindi: वकार, Marathi: वक़र, Oriya: ୱାକାର) is found most in Pakistan. It can also occur as a variant: Wàqár. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Waqar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,942nd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 141,961 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Waqar are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 92 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Waqar is also the 6,195th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 169,642 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is held by 46,557 people, or 1 in 3,837. In Pakistan Waqar is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 52 percent live, Sindh, where 26 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 15 percent live. Apart from Pakistan this last name is found in 51 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 3 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent live.
Waqar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Waqar are 11.29% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 64.52% being registered with the political party.
The amount Waqar earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 16.32% less than the national average, earning 289,606 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 78.03% less than the national average, earning R 52,212 per year; in United States they earn 16.1% more than the national average, earning $50,096 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.98% less than the national average, earning $47,704 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waqar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waqar in the Hindi language | ||
| वकार | vakara | 80.39 |
| वक़ार | vaqara | 11.27 |
| बकार | bakara | 3.43 |
| वक़ार | vaqara | 1.47 |
| वाकर | vakara | 1.47 |
| व़क़ार | vaqara | 0.49 |
| वाकार | vakara | 0.49 |
| वाक़ार | vaqara | 0.49 |
| वकर | vakara | 0.49 |
| Waqar in the Marathi language | ||
| वक़र | vaqara | 55 |
| वक़ार | vaqara | 40 |
| अमर | amara | 5 |
| Waqar in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାକାର | wakara | 40 |
| ୱାକର | wakara | 20 |
| ୱକାର | wakara | 20 |
| ଓାକାର | oakara | 20 |
| Waqar in the Arabic language | ||
| قار | qar | - |
| وقار | wqar | - |
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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 Waqar
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