Wasfa Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Wasfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Wasfa (288) may also be a first name.
Wasfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wasfa (Arabic: وصفا, Oriya: ୱାସଫା) is found most in Indonesia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasfa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,649,889th most frequent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 72 percent of Wasfa reside; 67 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 67 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 520,883rd most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 288 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 11,020,766. In Indonesia Wasfa is mostly concentrated in: West Java, where 100 percent are found. Beside Indonesia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 22 percent are found and India, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wasfa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wasfa in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାସଫା | wasapha | - |
| Wasfa in the Arabic language | ||
| وصفا | wsfa | - |
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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 Wasfa
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