Wayra Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Wayra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 46 | 1:417,218 | 11,489 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wayra (117) may also be a first name.
Wayra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wayra Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wayra is found in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wayra? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,843,861st most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wayra live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Chadic Africa. Wayra is also the 864,112th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 117 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 417,218. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Agadez Region, where 39 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 35 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 17 percent are found. Beside Niger this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Wayra
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