Wasige Surname
Approximately 972 people bear this surname
Wasige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 962 | 1:40,581 | 5,156 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Wasige (10) may also be a first name.
Wasige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasige Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wasige is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasige? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 369,806th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 7,497,475 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wasige live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread given name world-wide. It is borne by 10 people.
The surname Wasige is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 962 people, or 1 in 40,581. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Butaleja District, where 44 percent are found, Sironko District, where 11 percent are found and Mbale District, where 7 percent are found. Besides Uganda this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 1 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Wasige
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis