Waqif Surname
Approximately 901 people bear this surname
Waqif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 544 | 1:59,105 | 1,925 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Pakistan | 109 | 1:1,638,935 | 17,168 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Waqif (4,577) may also be a first name.
Waqif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waqif Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waqif has its highest incidence in Afghanistan. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Waqif click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waqif? popularity and diffusion
The surname Waqif is the 392,486th most commonly used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 8,088,286 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 75 percent of Waqif reside; 74 percent reside in South Asia and 72 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 101,518th most common first name worldwide It is held by 4,577 people.
Waqif is most frequently occurring in Afghanistan, where it is held by 544 people, or 1 in 59,105. In Afghanistan Waqif is primarily found in: Nangarhar, where 76 percent are found, Badakhshan, where 8 percent are found and Kabul, where 8 percent are found. Other than Afghanistan this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 23 percent are found and Pakistan, where 12 percent are found.
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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 Waqif
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