Wijar Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Wijar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 45 | 1:2,938,871 | 165,726 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Wijar (126) may also be a first name.
Wijar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wijar is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,843,861st most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Wijar live; 96 percent live in Southeast Asia and 96 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Wijar is also the 829,183rd most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 126 people.
Wijar is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 2,938,871. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: West Java, where 56 percent live and South Sulawesi, where 40 percent live. Outside of Indonesia Wijar is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 2 percent live and South Sudan, where 2 percent live.
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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 Wijar
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