Wasef Surname
Approximately 5,145 people bear this surname
Wasef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 3,935 | 1:23,364 | 2,645 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| United States | 188 | 1:1,927,973 | 124,806 |
| Kuwait | 87 | 1:43,686 | 5,304 |
| Canada | 44 | 1:837,400 | 65,151 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Wasef (1,663) may also be a first name.
Wasef Demographics
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Wasef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasef Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wasef (Marathi: वासेफ़) occurs most in Egypt. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wasef click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasef? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 92,843rd most common last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,416,433 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Wasef reside; 77 percent reside in North Africa and 76 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 188,831st most widely held forename at a global level, borne by 1,663 people.
This surname is most widespread in Egypt, where it is held by 3,935 people, or 1 in 23,364. Excluding Egypt this last name occurs in 29 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 7 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 7 percent reside.
Wasef Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wasef last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wasef earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 18.83% less than the national average, earning R 192,888 per year; in United States they earn 23.76% more than the national average, earning $53,400 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.07% more than the national average, earning $56,672 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wassef | 91 | 8,906 | / |
| Waseef | 91 | 406 | / |
| Wasief | 91 | 2 | / |
| Washef | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wasseff | 83 | 4 | / |
| Wassief | 83 | 3 | / |
| Washeff | 83 | 2 | / |
| Waishef | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wasif | 80 | 13,196 | / |
| Vasef | 80 | 167 | / |
| Wesef | 80 | 11 | / |
| Basef | 80 | 6 | / |
| Wacef | 80 | 6 | / |
| Wagef | 80 | 5 | / |
| Wasyf | 80 | 2 | / |
| Uasef | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wasew | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wassif | 73 | 1,424 | / |
| Waasif | 73 | 185 | / |
| Vassef | 73 | 44 | / |
| Washif | 73 | 15 | / |
| Wahsif | 73 | 10 | / |
| Wazeef | 73 | 9 | / |
| Baseef | 73 | 8 | / |
| Wasife | 73 | 7 | / |
| Vaseef | 73 | 6 | / |
| Wasaif | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wazeif | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bassef | 73 | 3 | / |
| Baseif | 73 | 2 | / |
| Vaseff | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wessef | 73 | 2 | / |
| Washew | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wajeef | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wousef | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wasseb | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vasief | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waseew | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wasifh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wazisf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bashef | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waschew | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wassiff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Washaif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Washeeb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waichef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wassaif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weissef | 67 | 0 | / |
Wasef Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wasef in the Marathi language | ||
| वासेफ़ | vasefa | - |
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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 Wasef
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