Wazir Surname
Approximately 173,123 people bear this surname
Wazir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 114,891 | 1:280 | 32 |
| Pakistan | 46,588 | 1:3,835 | 414 |
| India | 2,457 | 1:312,196 | 17,451 |
| Malaysia | 1,735 | 1:17,000 | 1,651 |
| Iraq | 1,493 | 1:23,457 | 1,271 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,105 | 1:8,292 | 1,035 |
| Saudi Arabia | 875 | 1:35,264 | 5,116 |
| Egypt | 488 | 1:188,393 | 13,801 |
| Tanzania | 483 | 1:109,610 | 10,597 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Syria | 321 | 1:60,128 | 2,841 |
| Indonesia | 305 | 1:433,604 | 36,324 |
| Yemen | 248 | 1:106,554 | 6,321 |
| Kuwait | 222 | 1:17,120 | 2,252 |
| United States | 217 | 1:1,670,318 | 111,195 |
| England | 196 | 1:284,276 | 22,043 |
| Canada | 146 | 1:252,367 | 23,920 |
| Qatar | 144 | 1:16,375 | 1,767 |
| Lebanon | 124 | 1:45,460 | 3,925 |
| Australia | 77 | 1:350,594 | 29,558 |
| Suriname | 70 | 1:7,895 | 1,936 |
| Nigeria | 55 | 1:3,220,777 | 97,902 |
| Palestine | 51 | 1:89,193 | 6,630 |
| Niger | 49 | 1:391,674 | 10,965 |
| Netherlands | 43 | 1:392,725 | 41,894 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| Guyana | 31 | 1:24,588 | 2,860 |
| Kenya | 21 | 1:2,199,043 | 36,489 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Jordan | 11 | 1:803,858 | 14,945 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 2 | 1:88,712 | 2,936 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Wazir (155,976) may also be a first name.
Wazir Demographics
Wazir Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Wazir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wazir Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wazir (Hindi: वजीर, Marathi: अमीर, Oriya: ୱାଜିର) occurs in Afghanistan more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wazir? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,254th most prevalent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 42,095 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Wazir reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 95 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Wazir is also the 6,739th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 155,976 people.
The last name Wazir is most prevalent in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 114,891 people, or 1 in 280. In Afghanistan Wazir is most frequent in: Kabul, where 16 percent are found, Helmand, where 7 percent are found and Khost, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Afghanistan this last name exists in 79 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 27 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Wazir Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Wazir last name is chiefly Druze (81%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Wazir last name are 29.42% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 76.19% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wazir earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 80.01% less than the national average, earning R 47,496 per year; in United States they earn 15.62% less than the national average, earning $36,408 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.42% less than the national average, earning $46,988 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wazir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wazir in the Marathi language | ||
| अमीर | amira | - |
| Wazir in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାଜିର | wajira | 80 |
| ୱଜିର | wajira | 20 |
| Wazir in the Hindi language | ||
| वजीर | vajira | 77.42 |
| वज़ीर | vazira | 19.35 |
| वज़ीर | vazira | 1.61 |
| बजीर | bajira | 1.61 |
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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
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- 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 Wazir
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