Wr Surname

70,558th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,005 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Wr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia5,4731:17,8232,389
Indonesia1,4471:91,3959,553
Pakistan651:2,748,36723,130
Taiwan71:3,349,24920,155
India51:153,413,076951,030
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Wr (1,134) may also be a first name.

Wr Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wr Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wr occurs most in Ethiopia. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wr? popularity and diffusion

It is the 70,558th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,040,335 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Wr live; 78 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 236,441st most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 1,134 people.

The surname is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 5,473 people, or 1 in 17,823. Excluding Ethiopia it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 21 percent live and Pakistan, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whr80172/
Wrr80149/
Wre80102/
Vwr80101/
Wrh8023/
Hwr8015/
Wrz806/
Wwr804/
Wrå801/
Øwre67288/
Wård6797/
Whrh6744/
Wærø6716/
Wæhr677/
Wrrp675/
Whrz674/
Wrhe674/
Wrre672/
Whre672/
Wråe672/
Wwrp672/
Wrhh672/
Whrp672/
Hwwr672/
Hwrh671/
Hwre671/
Wëhr671/
Vwrh671/
Hwrz671/
Vwrz671/
Wwrr671/
Wwrh671/
Wwhr671/
Wrzz671/
Wrrh671/
Wrpp671/
Wrdh671/
Wrhz671/
Whrr671/

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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 Wr
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