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.
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Waqar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waqar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waqar (Arabic: قار, Hindi: वकार, Marathi: वक़र, Oriya: ୱାକାର) is found in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Wàqár. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waqar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 10,942nd most prevalent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 141,961 people. The last name Waqar is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Waqar live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 92 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 6,195th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 169,642 people.
It is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is held by 46,557 people, or 1 in 3,837. In Pakistan Waqar is most common in: Punjab, where 52 percent reside, Sindh, where 26 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 15 percent reside. Besides Pakistan this last name is found in 51 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 3 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent reside.
Waqar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Waqar surname are 11.29% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.52% being registered with the 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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