Wara Surname
Approximately 13,333 people bear this surname
Wara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 4,179 | 1:31,646 | 3,724 |
| Bangladesh | 2,343 | 1:68,014 | 3,342 |
| Papua New Guinea | 925 | 1:8,815 | 684 |
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Fiji | 534 | 1:1,675 | 235 |
| India | 519 | 1:1,477,968 | 55,889 |
| Pakistan | 473 | 1:377,683 | 7,293 |
| Cameroon | 462 | 1:44,955 | 5,911 |
| Kenya | 339 | 1:136,224 | 11,142 |
| Philippines | 272 | 1:372,199 | 49,028 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Benin | 198 | 1:52,200 | 6,572 |
| United States | 193 | 1:1,878,026 | 122,158 |
| Burkina Faso | 177 | 1:103,684 | 3,196 |
| Nigeria | 177 | 1:1,000,807 | 42,311 |
| Norway | 169 | 1:30,428 | 4,204 |
| Thailand | 160 | 1:441,490 | 77,308 |
| Afghanistan | 136 | 1:236,420 | 4,127 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| England | 120 | 1:464,317 | 30,397 |
| Kuwait | 116 | 1:32,765 | 4,071 |
| Japan | 100 | 1:1,278,443 | 22,617 |
| United Arab Emirates | 89 | 1:102,947 | 8,862 |
| Zimbabwe | 80 | 1:192,978 | 22,657 |
| Taiwan | 62 | 1:378,141 | 2,960 |
| Solomon Islands | 49 | 1:11,837 | 2,134 |
| Niger | 39 | 1:492,103 | 12,962 |
| New Zealand | 39 | 1:116,111 | 14,715 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Palestine | 11 | 1:413,532 | 12,017 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 36 | 1:1,394,963 | 75,931 |
Wara (10,137) may also be a first name.
Wara Demographics
Average Wara Salary in
United States
$51,900 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wara (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺭﻩ, Hindi: वरा, Oriya: ୱାରା) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wara? popularity and diffusion
Wara is the 39,376th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 546,580 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 63 percent of Wara live; 34 percent live in Southeast Asia and 33 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 60,676th most commonly held given name on earth. It is borne by 10,137 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 4,179 people, or 1 in 31,646. In Indonesia Wara is mostly found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 45 percent live, West Java, where 15 percent live and East Java, where 8 percent live. Apart from Indonesia this surname occurs in 72 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 18 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.
Wara Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wara has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 536 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 2,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wara Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Wara surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (88%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Wara last name are 0.22000000000001% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.45% being registered with the political party.
The amount Wara earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 18.8% less than the national average, earning 281,015 kr per year; in Peru they earn 59.44% less than the national average, earning S/. 7,862 per year; in South Africa they earn 83.95% less than the national average, earning R 38,136 per year; in United States they earn 20.28% more than the national average, earning $51,900 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21% less than the national average, earning $39,250 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wara in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﺭﻩ | warh | - |
| Wara in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାରା | wara | 88.37 |
| ୱରା | wara | 2.33 |
| ବିୱାରା | biwara | 2.33 |
| ବାର | bara | 2.33 |
| ନାରାଦା | narada | 2.33 |
| ୱାର | wara | 2.33 |
| Wara in the Hindi language | ||
| वरा | vara | 55.56 |
| वार्अ | var'a | 22.22 |
| बरा | bara | 7.41 |
| वारा | vara | 3.7 |
| वर्रा | varra | 3.7 |
| वाड़ | vara | 3.7 |
| वा्र | vara | 3.7 |
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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 Wara
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