Wasegh Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Wasegh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wasegh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Wasegh Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wasegh is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasegh? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Wasegh live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Wasegh is most common in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 6 percent are found and Pakistan, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waseg9175/
Vasegh83577/
Uasegh8317/
Wasigh839/
Waseqh832/
Waseeg831/
Vassegh7712/
Wasikeh779/
Warzegh775/
Wasek731,519/
Vaseg73216/
Waseq7316/
Baseg7310/
Wasig735/
Wasiechk711/
Wasike6731,549/
Washek67606/
Wasiek67388/
Waszek67372/
Washik67247/
Waseeq67241/
Basseg67138/
Wassig67117/
Waseke67110/
Watsek67102/
Vasheg6794/
Wagegg6780/
Warzeg6776/
Vasigh6749/
Waseek6725/
Vaseqh6715/
Waysek6710/
Washiq678/
Vatseg676/
Wajigh674/
Wasseq674/
Wasikh674/
Wasiqe672/
Bazegh672/
Waseck672/
Wesseg672/
Wasihk671/
Vacegh671/
Wasiec671/
Waszec671/
Wezegh671/
Wasiqh671/
Wagegs671/
Waasig671/
Baseig671/
Bosegh670/
Wacheg670/

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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 Wasegh
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