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 is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wazira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wazira is the 617,057th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 14,604,300 people. The surname 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 common first name internationally. It is borne by 8,542 people.
The last name Wazira is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is carried by 260 people, or 1 in 687,092. In Pakistan Wazira is mostly concentrated in: Sindh, where 56 percent reside, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 20 percent reside and Punjab, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Pakistan this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common 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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