Wasagwa Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Wasagwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Wasagwa (31) may also be a first name.
Wasagwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasagwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wasagwa occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasagwa? popularity and diffusion
Wasagwa is the 4,116,508th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wasagwa live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most prevalent given name globally. It is borne by 31 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is most common in: Borno, where 100 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Wasagwa exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wassagwa | 93 | 9 | / |
| Waisagwa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wasaigwa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wassangwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wasakwa | 86 | 3 | / |
| Wasekgwa | 80 | 39 | / |
| Basaagwa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Wadjagwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wassakwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wasaikwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wasekwa | 71 | 50 | / |
| Wajakwa | 71 | 20 | / |
| Waxakwa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Wasakua | 71 | 4 | / |
| Wajacwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wazagba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wajagua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wazakwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wadjakwa | 67 | 822 | / |
| Wadjacwa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Bazaigwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Basakwai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wachagwi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Woxhagwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bashogwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Basakwau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wajjakwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wazakwai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wasagwa
- 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