Wasei Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Wasei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 117 | 1:69,690 | 9,084 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Waseï (1) are calculated separately.
Wasei (447) may also be a first name.
Wasei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wasei is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur as: Waseï. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wasei is the 1,518,885th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 85 percent of Wasei live; 85 percent live in Oceania Islands and 85 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 405,268th most frequently used forename on earth, borne by 447 people.
The surname Wasei is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 69,690. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: West Sepik, where 96 percent live, East Sepik, where 2 percent live and Bougainville, where 1 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 6 percent live and Egypt, where 3 percent live.
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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 Wasei
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