Waqr Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Waqr Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 44 | 1:4,060,088 | 28,888 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Waqr (122) may also be a first name.
Waqr Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waqr Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waqr has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waqr? popularity and diffusion
Waqr is the 2,909,720th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Waqr live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 844,248th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 122 people.
The surname Waqr is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 4,060,088. In Pakistan it is primarily found in: Punjab, where 50 percent reside, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 32 percent reside and Sindh, where 11 percent reside. Not including Pakistan this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Waqr
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