Wasalam Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Wasalam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wasalam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria591:3,002,42093,371
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Wasalam (26) may also be a first name.

Wasalam Last Name Facts

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

Wasalam has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasalam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wasalam is the 2,106,139th most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Wasalam live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly held given name on earth. It is borne by 26 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 3,002,420. In Nigeria Wasalam is mostly concentrated in: Kano, where 86 percent reside, Oyo, where 10 percent reside and Ogun, where 2 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 23 percent reside and Malaysia, where 1 percent reside.

Wasalam Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Wasalam surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.

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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 Wasalam
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