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.

Wasf Surname Distribution Map

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 surname Wasf (Arabic: وصف) is found in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasf? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,116,508th most widespread surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Wasf occurs mostly in Asia, where 70 percent of Wasf reside; 65 percent reside in South Asia and 61 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 642,605th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 199 people.

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

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wasfe89246/
Wassf892/
Waisf891/
Wassff801/
Wasb7511/
Wasw7510/
Vasf753/
Basf752/
Wazf752/
Uasf752/
Wesf751/
Waishef731/
Wasbø6725/
Weisf672/
Beasf671/
Weasb671/
Wosfe671/
Waisw671/
Uasef671/
Wassw671/
Wachf670/

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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