Wazai Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Wazai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Wazai (32) may also be a first name.
Wazai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wazai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wazai is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wazai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wazai is the 3,323,005th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname Wazai is predominantly found in Asia, where 69 percent of Wazai live; 49 percent live in Southeast Asia and 49 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Wazai is also the 1,840,253rd most prevalent first name on earth, held by 32 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 1,734,954. In Malaysia it is primarily found in: Selangor, where 100 percent are found. Not including Malaysia Wazai is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 20 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 17 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 Wazai
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