Wayire Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Wayire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 47 | 1:328,473 | 31,980 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wayire (11) may also be a first name.
Wayire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wayire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wayire occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wayire? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,808,717th most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wayire live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 11 people.
The last name Wayire is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 328,473. In Zimbabwe Wayire is most common in: Harare Province, where 53 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 26 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 19 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, 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 Wayire
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