Wasilu Surname

679,794th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 438 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Wasilu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wasilu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3461:511,97325,378
Indonesia711:1,862,665118,960
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665

Wasilu (810) may also be a first name.

Wasilu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wasilu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wasilu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasilu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 679,794th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 16,638,233 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Wasilu are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 287,241st most widely held first name globally, borne by 810 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 346 people, or 1 in 511,973. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kano, where 46 percent reside, Jigawa, where 38 percent reside and Sokoto, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 16 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.

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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 Wasilu
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