Wasaini Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Wasaini Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Wasaini (13) may also be a first name.
Wasaini Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasaini Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wasaini is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasaini? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,908,606th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. Wasaini occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wasaini reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 13 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Yobe, where 73 percent are found, Rivers, where 20 percent are found and Borno, where 7 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Wasaini
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