Wasema Surname
Approximately 404 people bear this surname
Wasema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 260 | 1:284,152 | 26,288 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Wasema (525) may also be a first name.
Wasema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wasema (Hindi: वसीमा, Oriya: ୱାେସମା) has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasema? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 721,185th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 18,038,480 people. The last name Wasema is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wasema live; 64 percent live in Central Africa and 64 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Wasema is also the 368,302nd most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 525 people.
Wasema is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 260 people, or 1 in 284,152. Without taking into account The DR Congo this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 32 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wasema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wasema in the Hindi language | ||
| वसीमा | vasima | - |
| Wasema in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାେସମା | waesama | - |
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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 Wasema
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