Wasa Surname
Approximately 8,459 people bear this surname
Wasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,709 | 1:65,390 | 4,796 |
| DR Congo | 1,327 | 1:55,674 | 6,673 |
| Indonesia | 1,152 | 1:114,800 | 11,663 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,003 | 1:8,129 | 620 |
| Pakistan | 592 | 1:301,763 | 6,322 |
| South Africa | 455 | 1:119,072 | 14,155 |
| Uganda | 311 | 1:125,528 | 11,752 |
| Cameroon | 231 | 1:89,909 | 10,801 |
| Zambia | 211 | 1:75,118 | 6,452 |
| United States | 81 | 1:4,474,802 | 235,715 |
| Norway | 79 | 1:65,092 | 9,213 |
| Thailand | 60 | 1:1,177,306 | 172,517 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Philippines | 21 | 1:4,820,868 | 168,058 |
| Taiwan | 17 | 1:1,379,103 | 9,281 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Poland | 15 | 1:2,533,917 | 108,409 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| Nepal | 7 | 1:4,068,708 | 11,207 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Wasa (5,023) may also be a first name.
Wasa Demographics
Average Wasa Salary in
United States
$59,533 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wasa (Arabic: وساء, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺳﺎ, Hindi: वासे, Oriya: ୱାସା) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wasa is the 59,645th most widespread surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 861,514 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Wasa live; 32 percent live in West Africa and 32 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 95,951st most common given name in the world. It is borne by 5,023 people.
The surname Wasa is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,709 people, or 1 in 65,390. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kaduna, where 24 percent reside, Gombe, where 11 percent reside and Niger, where 7 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 64 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent reside and Indonesia, where 14 percent reside.
Wasa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wasa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wasa surname grew 810 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wasa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Wasa last name is principally Christian (54%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Wasa last name are 35.01% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 88.24% registered with the political party.
The amount Wasa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 21.05% more than the national average, earning 418,936 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 46.64% less than the national average, earning R 126,792 per year and in United States they earn 37.97% more than the national average, earning $59,533 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wasa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wasa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﺳﺎ | wasa | - |
| Wasa in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାସା | wasa | 80 |
| ୱାଷା | wasa | 20 |
| Wasa in the Hindi language | ||
| वासे | vase | 50 |
| वासा | vasa | 50 |
| Wasa in the Arabic language | ||
| وساء | wsa | - |
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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 Wasa
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