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 in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,843,861st most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Wijar reside; 96 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 96 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Wijar is also the 829,183rd most frequently held first name in the world, held by 126 people.
Wijar is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 2,938,871. In Indonesia Wijar is primarily concentrated in: West Java, where 56 percent are found and South Sulawesi, where 40 percent are found. Besides Indonesia Wijar occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 2 percent are found and South Sudan, where 2 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 Wijar
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