Weira Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Weira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 27 | 1:710,815 | 16,981 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Weira (161) may also be a first name.
Weira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Weira is found most in Niger. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Weira? popularity and diffusion
Weira is the 2,372,517th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name Weira is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Weira are found; 43 percent are found in West Africa and 42 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 722,635th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 161 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Niger, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 710,815. In Niger Weira is most common in: Maradi Region, where 67 percent are found, Agadez Region, where 22 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Niger Weira occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 34 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 17 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 Weira
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