Wasira Surname
Approximately 260 people bear this surname
Wasira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 91 | 1:581,776 | 36,762 |
| India | 79 | 1:9,709,688 | 189,874 |
| Indonesia | 55 | 1:2,404,531 | 143,692 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
Wasira (1,440) may also be a first name.
Wasira Demographics
Wasira Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wasira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wasira (Hindi: वासिरा) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wasira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wasira is the 988,329th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 28,029,023 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 52 percent of Wasira live; 39 percent live in East Africa and 38 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wasira is also the 205,614th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 1,440 people.
The surname Wasira is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 581,776. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 91 percent are found and Mara Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in India, where 30 percent are found and Indonesia, where 21 percent are found.
Wasira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wasira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wasira in the Hindi language | ||
| वासिरा | vasira | 50 |
| वसीरा | vasira | 50 |
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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 Wasira
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