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 most frequently in Niger. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wayra? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,843,861st most common last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name Wayra occurs mostly 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 commonly held given name worldwide It is held by 117 people.
The surname is most widespread in Niger, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 417,218. In Niger Wayra is most frequent 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 it is found in one country. It also occurs 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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