Wasf Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Qatar

Wasf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wasf Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran121:6,398,544138,820
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Wasf (199) may also be a first name.

Wasf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wasf (Arabic: وصف) is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasf? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wasf is the 4,116,508th most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 70 percent of Wasf live; 65 percent live in South Asia and 61 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Wasf is also the 642,605th most frequently held first name globally, held by 199 people.

This surname is most widespread in Iran, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 6,398,544. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 75 percent live, East Azerbaijan Province, where 8 percent live and Gilan Province, where 8 percent live. Barring Iran Wasf is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 13 percent live and Pakistan, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wasfe89246/
Wassf892/
Waisf891/
Wassff801/
Wasb7511/
Wasw7510/
Vasf753/
Basf752/
Wazf752/
Uasf752/
Wesf751/
Waishef731/
Wasbø6725/
Weisf672/
Beasf671/
Weasb671/
Wosfe671/
Waisw671/
Uasef671/
Wassw671/
Wachf670/
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Wasf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wasf in the Arabic language
وصفwsf-

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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 Wasf
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