Wasaga Surname

1,070,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 232 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Wasaga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wasaga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1981:267,38221,207
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Wasaga (12) may also be a first name.

Wasaga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wasaga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wasaga is found most in Tanzania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasaga? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,070,546th most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Wasaga reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 12 people.

The last name Wasaga is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 198 people, or 1 in 267,382. In Tanzania Wasaga is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 97 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 1 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 6 percent live and Canada, 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 Wasaga
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