Wazara Surname
Approximately 318 people bear this surname
Wazara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 294 | 1:52,511 | 7,991 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wazara (49) may also be a first name.
Wazara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wazara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wazara has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wazara? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 857,026th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 22,916,811 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Wazara are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Wazara is also the 1,430,306th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 49 people.
The last name Wazara is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 294 people, or 1 in 52,511. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 66 percent live, Harare Province, where 27 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 2 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.
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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 Wazara
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