Wazire Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Wazire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Wazire (44) may also be a first name.
Wazire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wazire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wazire (Marathi: वजीरे) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Wazire click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wazire? popularity and diffusion
Wazire is the 2,746,821st most common family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Wazire reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 34 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wazire is also the 1,525,482nd most widely held forename in the world It is held by 44 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Gombe, where 47 percent are found, Lagos, where 12 percent are found and Benue, where 6 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in India, where 20 percent are found and Cameroon, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wazire Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wazire in the Marathi language | ||
| वजीरे | vajire | - |
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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 Wazire
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