Waisam Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Waisam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Waisam (265) may also be a first name.
Waisam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waisam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waisam (Hindi: वािसम) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waisam? popularity and diffusion
Waisam is the 1,214,709th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Waisam are found; 95 percent are found in North Africa and 95 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Waisam is also the 546,451st most frequent given name worldwide, borne by 265 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Apart from Egypt this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 2 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waisam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waisam in the Hindi language | ||
| वािसम | vaisama | - |
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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 Waisam
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