Wasatu Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Wasatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wasatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1711:432,04435,878
Pakistan61:29,773,98192,487
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Wasatu (223) may also be a first name.

Wasatu Last Name Facts

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

Wasatu is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasatu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,281,391st most common family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. The surname Wasatu is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Wasatu are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Wasatu is also the 603,623rd most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 223 people.

This surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 432,044. Apart from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 3 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wasiatu923/
Wassatu921/
Wassatou861/
Basatu83865/
Wajatu8339/
Vasatu831/
Uashatu779/
Baisatu773/
Basathu771/
Washetu771/
Wachatu771/
Wazzatuy719/
Bassatou715/
Vasaitou711/
Uaashatu711/
Warzatou711/
Uashattu711/
Basotu674/
Vajaitu626/
Bashotu623/
Bazaitu621/
Vajhatu621/
Bassotu621/
Basiotou572/
Vasiotou571/
Boussatou5322/
Boussatouh502/
Bosotu501/

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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 Wasatu
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