Waisswa Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Waisswa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 166 | 1:235,176 | 17,864 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Waisswa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waisswa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waisswa is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waisswa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Waisswa is the 1,338,236th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Waisswa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 235,176. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Buikwe District, where 30 percent are found, Mukono District, where 15 percent are found and Buvuma District, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Uganda it is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waiswa | 92 | 50,473 | / |
| Wasswa | 92 | 35,118 | / |
| Wayiswa | 86 | 38 | / |
| Wasswas | 86 | 10 | / |
| Wassswa | 86 | 3 | / |
| Wasswah | 86 | 2 | / |
| Waasswa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Waiswaa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Waishwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Waaiswa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wasswaa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Waswa | 83 | 33,342 | / |
| Wiswa | 83 | 40 | / |
| Wishswas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wesswa | 77 | 183 | / |
| Wauswa | 77 | 23 | / |
| Washwa | 77 | 21 | / |
| Wasway | 77 | 15 | / |
| Waaswa | 77 | 15 | / |
| Weiswa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Waswah | 77 | 4 | / |
| Waisua | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wassua | 77 | 2 | / |
| Waswaa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wiswah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wisswe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waizwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waiswe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waswwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wasswo | 77 | 0 | / |
| Baishwa | 71 | 23 | / |
| Wayisva | 71 | 19 | / |
| Wiswash | 71 | 10 | / |
| Baiswea | 71 | 4 | / |
| Wasswit | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wuissua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waisuha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waishua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waswath | 71 | 1 | / |
| Baiswha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weswa | 67 | 1,541 | / |
| Viswa | 67 | 790 | / |
| Wasua | 67 | 736 | / |
| Waswo | 67 | 74 | / |
| Wiswe | 67 | 61 | / |
| Waswi | 67 | 60 | / |
| Waisvisz | 67 | 42 | / |
| Wisua | 67 | 23 | / |
| Waswe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vaswa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wisva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wiswi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wadswath | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Waisswa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis