Wasena Surname
Approximately 268 people bear this surname
Wasena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 119 | 1:444,888 | 31,116 |
| Uganda | 116 | 1:336,546 | 22,436 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Wasena (37) may also be a first name.
Wasena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wasena occurs most in Tanzania. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasena? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wasena is the 968,490th most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Wasena reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wasena is also the 1,688,769th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 37 people.
The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 119 people, or 1 in 444,888. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Rukwa Region, where 83 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 8 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 43 percent are found and Indonesia, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Wasena
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