Wayari Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Wayari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 97 | 1:189,197 | 4,254 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wayari (24) may also be a first name.
Wayari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wayari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wayari is held by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wayari? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wayari is the 1,691,963rd most numerous last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Wayari live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wayari is also the 2,187,323rd most widespread given name in the world, borne by 24 people.
The last name is most widely held in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 189,197. In Burkina Faso Wayari is most common in: Sahel Region, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Burkina Faso Wayari occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 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 Wayari
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