Wasire Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Wasire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wasire (28) may also be a first name.
Wasire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wasire is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasire? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,772,636th most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. Wasire occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Wasire live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Wasire is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 28 people.
The surname Wasire is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 1,286,520. In Zimbabwe Wasire is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 75 percent are found, Harare Province, where 8 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 6 percent are found and Kenya, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Wasire
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