Wasala Surname
Approximately 5,809 people bear this surname
Wasala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 5,262 | 1:3,954 | 571 |
| DR Congo | 363 | 1:203,525 | 20,281 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| Poland | 25 | 1:1,520,350 | 87,293 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Wasala (695) may also be a first name.
Wasala Demographics
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Wasala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wasala (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺻﻼ, Marathi: वासाला, Oriya: ୱାସାଲା) is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 83,361st most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,254,527 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Wasala live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 91 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Wasala is also the 313,557th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 695 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 5,262 people, or 1 in 3,954. Besides Sri Lanka Wasala occurs in 30 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Wasala Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wasala surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.
Wasala earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.77% less than the national average, earning $37,641 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wasala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wasala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﺻﻼ | wasla | - |
| Wasala in the Marathi language | ||
| वासाला | vasala | - |
| Wasala in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାସାଲା | wasala | 79.55 |
| ୱାସଲା | wasala | 18.18 |
| ୱସାଲା | wasala | 2.27 |
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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 Wasala
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