Wasi Surname
Approximately 20,051 people bear this surname
Wasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 7,389 | 1:24,177 | 1,292 |
| Bangladesh | 2,704 | 1:58,934 | 3,035 |
| Malawi | 1,595 | 1:10,733 | 1,650 |
| Indonesia | 1,328 | 1:99,585 | 10,282 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,015 | 1:8,033 | 609 |
| India | 955 | 1:803,210 | 36,012 |
| Afghanistan | 933 | 1:34,462 | 1,387 |
| Saudi Arabia | 914 | 1:33,759 | 4,846 |
| Solomon Islands | 547 | 1:1,060 | 42 |
| Kenya | 389 | 1:118,714 | 9,960 |
| United Arab Emirates | 311 | 1:29,461 | 3,225 |
| Iraq | 304 | 1:115,203 | 3,308 |
| DR Congo | 198 | 1:373,129 | 32,235 |
| Nigeria | 195 | 1:908,424 | 39,344 |
| Thailand | 162 | 1:436,039 | 76,421 |
| Zimbabwe | 152 | 1:101,567 | 14,271 |
| Cameroon | 142 | 1:146,261 | 16,188 |
| United States | 137 | 1:2,645,686 | 159,417 |
| Bahrain | 132 | 1:10,217 | 1,962 |
| Qatar | 100 | 1:23,580 | 2,513 |
| Tanzania | 66 | 1:802,146 | 42,626 |
| Philippines | 65 | 1:1,557,511 | 106,526 |
| Malaysia | 62 | 1:475,713 | 24,024 |
| Canada | 49 | 1:751,951 | 59,756 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Nepal | 25 | 1:1,139,238 | 6,423 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Iran | 16 | 1:4,798,908 | 119,068 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
Wasi (22,835) may also be a first name.
Wasi Demographics
Average Wasi Salary in
United States
$38,304 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wasi (Hindi: वसी, Oriya: ୱାସି) is found most frequently in Pakistan. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wasi is the 26,798th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 363,450 people. The last name Wasi occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Wasi reside; 60 percent reside in South Asia and 55 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 34,195th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 22,835 people.
Wasi is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 7,389 people, or 1 in 24,177. In Pakistan it is most numerous in: Balochistan, where 45 percent are found, Sindh, where 38 percent are found and Punjab, where 8 percent are found. Beside Pakistan this surname exists in 66 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 13 percent are found and Malawi, where 8 percent are found.
Wasi Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wasi has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 675 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wasi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (88%) in Kenya and Muslim (69%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Wasi surname are 8.84% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 62.07% registered with the party.
The amount Wasi earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 11.23% less than the national average, earning $38,304 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.56% more than the national average, earning $62,878 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wasi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wasi in the Hindi language | ||
| वसी | vasi | 94.01 |
| वासी | vasi | 2.76 |
| वशी | vasi | 0.69 |
| बसी | basi | 0.69 |
| व़सी | vasi | 0.23 |
| वासि | vasi | 0.23 |
| Wasi in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାସି | wasi | 78.38 |
| ୱସି | wasi | 8.11 |
| ୱାଶି | wasi | 5.41 |
| ୱାସୀ | wasi | 2.7 |
| ୱାସିମ | wasima | 2.7 |
| ୱାଶୀ | wasi | 2.7 |
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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 Wasi
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