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
The surname Wasige is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasige? popularity and diffusion
It is the 369,806th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 7,497,475 people. The last name Wasige is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wasige live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wasige is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 10 people.
This surname is most widespread in Uganda, where it is carried by 962 people, or 1 in 40,581. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Butaleja District, where 44 percent live, Sironko District, where 11 percent live and Mbale District, where 7 percent live. Not including Uganda Wasige occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 1 percent live and Northern Ireland, where 0 percent live.
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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 Wasige
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