Vashima Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Vashima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
Vashima (644) may also be a first name.
Vashima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vashima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vashima (Hindi: वशीमा, Marathi: वशीमा) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Vashima click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vashima? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vashima is the 2,689,253rd most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname Vashima occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Vashima live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Vashima is also the 327,600th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 644 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 4,920,632. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Adamawa, where 67 percent reside, Benue, where 25 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 8 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 31 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vashima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vashima in the Hindi language | ||
| वशीमा | vasima | 90.6 |
| वशिमा | vasima | 4.7 |
| वाशीमा | vasima | 1.71 |
| वसीमा | vasima | 1.71 |
| वाशिमा | vasima | 0.85 |
| वषीमा | vasima | 0.43 |
| Vashima in the Marathi language | ||
| वशीमा | vasima | 71.43 |
| वसीमा | vasima | 14.29 |
| रहीम | rahima | 14.29 |
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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 Vashima
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