Wasanda Surname

781,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 362 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Wasanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wasanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3231:163,90614,587
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Wasanda (51) may also be a first name.

Wasanda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wasanda occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasanda? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 781,947th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 20,131,342 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wasanda live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 51 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 323 people, or 1 in 163,906. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Mwanza Region, where 62 percent reside and Mara Region, where 38 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania Wasanda occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Wasanda
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