Waref Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Waref Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waref Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

Waref (128) may also be a first name.

Waref Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Waref Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Waref occurs more in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waref? popularity and diffusion

Waref is the 1,398,030th most frequent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 46,715,038 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Waref live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Waref is also the 821,896th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 128 people.

The surname Waref is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Not including Egypt it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 1 percent live and Pakistan, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wareef912/
Wareif911/
Wharef911/
Warev8060/
Warif8032/
Baref804/
Varef802/
Warew801/
Varefe732/
Wareew731/
Wairew731/
Bearef731/
Bareef731/
Warzif731/
Warife731/
Vargef731/
Warrif731/
Warrew731/
Bairef731/
Whareva676/
Waireab676/
Barreaf673/
Baharef671/
Warheeb671/
Hwareva671/
Whariff670/

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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 Waref
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