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
Wazara occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wazara? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wazara is the 857,026th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 22,916,811 people. The last name is primarily found 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 frequent first name internationally, held by 49 people.
Wazara is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 294 people, or 1 in 52,511. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 66 percent are found, Harare Province, where 27 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 2 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, 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 Wazara
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