Waseem Surname
Approximately 164,156 people bear this surname
Waseem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 146,025 | 1:1,223 | 189 |
| India | 5,747 | 1:133,472 | 8,536 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4,889 | 1:6,311 | 873 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,523 | 1:6,016 | 766 |
| Egypt | 1,373 | 1:66,960 | 6,238 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,169 | 1:17,800 | 2,457 |
| England | 655 | 1:85,066 | 9,329 |
| Yemen | 486 | 1:54,373 | 4,224 |
| United States | 424 | 1:854,856 | 65,098 |
| Maldives | 377 | 1:1,072 | 122 |
| Iraq | 372 | 1:94,144 | 2,903 |
| Canada | 196 | 1:187,988 | 18,553 |
| Qatar | 190 | 1:12,411 | 1,349 |
| Bahrain | 162 | 1:8,325 | 1,494 |
| Kuwait | 154 | 1:24,680 | 3,145 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Scotland | 56 | 1:95,604 | 6,623 |
| Australia | 38 | 1:710,413 | 47,396 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Oman | 19 | 1:194,104 | 3,633 |
| Syria | 16 | 1:1,206,314 | 7,138 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| Norway | 13 | 1:395,560 | 35,657 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
Waseem (337,526) may also be a first name.
Waseem Demographics
Average Waseem Salary in
United States
$48,931 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Waseem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waseem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waseem (Dhivehi: ވަސީމ, Hindi: वसीम, Marathi: वासेम, Oriya: ୱାସିମ) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waseem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,411th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 44,394 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Waseem live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 89 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Waseem is also the 3,087th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 337,526 people.
This last name is most widespread in Pakistan, where it is carried by 146,025 people, or 1 in 1,223. In Pakistan Waseem is most frequent in: Punjab, where 59 percent are found, Sindh, where 25 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 9 percent are found. Barring Pakistan it occurs in 69 countries. It is also found in India, where 4 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 3 percent are found.
Waseem Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Waseem last name are 9.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.25% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Waseem earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 34.48% less than the national average, earning 226,739 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 33.48% less than the national average, earning R 158,088 per year; in United States they earn 13.4% more than the national average, earning $48,931 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.43% less than the national average, earning $45,495 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waseem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waseem in the Marathi language | ||
| वासेम | vasema | - |
| Waseem in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ވަސީމ | vasim | - |
| Waseem in the Hindi language | ||
| वसीम | vasima | 96.7 |
| बसीम | basima | 2.01 |
| वशीम | vasima | 0.55 |
| व़सीम | vasima | 0.23 |
| वसिम | vasima | 0.18 |
| वासिम | vasima | 0.14 |
| वासीम | vasima | 0.11 |
| वसीमा | vasima | 0.05 |
| बशीम | basima | 0.02 |
| नसीम | nasima | 0.02 |
| Waseem in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାସିମ | wasima | 66.67 |
| ୱାସିମ୍ | wasim | 33.33 |
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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 Waseem
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