Waisu Surname
Approximately 839 people bear this surname
Waisu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 617 | 1:287,103 | 16,148 |
| Papua New Guinea | 185 | 1:44,074 | 5,397 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
Waisu (583) may also be a first name.
Waisu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waisu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waisu has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waisu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 415,025th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 8,685,990 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Waisu reside; 74 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Waisu is also the 346,663rd most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 583 people.
Waisu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 617 people, or 1 in 287,103. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Jigawa, where 54 percent live, Kano, where 10 percent live and Kaduna, where 6 percent live. Other than Nigeria Waisu occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent live and Uganda, where 3 percent live.
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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 Waisu
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