Wazira Surname
Approximately 499 people bear this surname
Wazira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 260 | 1:687,092 | 10,429 |
| India | 107 | 1:7,168,835 | 157,365 |
| Uganda | 79 | 1:494,168 | 28,468 |
| Afghanistan | 37 | 1:869,005 | 8,756 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
Wazira (8,542) may also be a first name.
Wazira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wazira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wazira has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wazira? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 617,057th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 14,604,300 people. The last name Wazira occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Wazira live; 81 percent live in South Asia and 81 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 68,109th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 8,542 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 260 people, or 1 in 687,092. In Pakistan it is most common in: Sindh, where 56 percent reside, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 20 percent reside and Punjab, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Pakistan it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in India, where 21 percent reside and Uganda, where 16 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 Wazira
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