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 last name Wazara is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wazara? popularity and diffusion
Wazara is the 857,026th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 22,916,811 people. The surname Wazara occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Wazara reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 49 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 294 people, or 1 in 52,511. In Zimbabwe Wazara is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 66 percent reside, Harare Province, where 27 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 2 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside and South Africa, 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 Wazara
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