Wasel Surname
Approximately 23,022 people bear this surname
Wasel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 17,325 | 1:1,525 | 233 |
| Egypt | 4,027 | 1:22,830 | 2,615 |
| Saudi Arabia | 636 | 1:48,515 | 7,156 |
| Syria | 227 | 1:85,027 | 3,232 |
| Germany | 169 | 1:476,364 | 41,414 |
| United States | 163 | 1:2,223,674 | 139,425 |
| Iraq | 147 | 1:238,243 | 5,207 |
| Pakistan | 76 | 1:2,350,577 | 21,125 |
| Papua New Guinea | 48 | 1:169,869 | 23,574 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| Mauritania | 16 | 1:255,929 | 11,901 |
| Israel | 15 | 1:570,509 | 41,023 |
| Jordan | 14 | 1:631,603 | 13,893 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Wasel (5,018) may also be a first name.
Wasel Demographics
Average Wasel Salary in
United States
$38,230 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wasel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wasel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺻﻞ) is held by more people in Yemen than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 23,533rd most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,547 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Wasel live; 80 percent live in West Asia and 78 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 96,012th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 5,018 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Yemen, where it is held by 17,325 people, or 1 in 1,525. In Yemen it is primarily found in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 27 percent live, Ibb Governorate, where 21 percent live and 'Amran Governorate, where 12 percent live. Outside of Yemen it occurs in 35 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 17 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 3 percent live.
Wasel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wasel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wasel last name expanded 1,254 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wasel Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Greek Orthodox (40%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Wasel last name are 14.34% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 67.57% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wasel earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 11.4% less than the national average, earning $38,230 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.85% more than the national average, earning $58,549 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wasel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wasel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﺻﻞ | wasl | - |
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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 Wasel
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