Wasiri Surname
Approximately 1,631 people bear this surname
Wasiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 858 | 1:206,460 | 12,306 |
| Malawi | 601 | 1:28,484 | 4,289 |
| Uganda | 44 | 1:887,256 | 40,445 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| Zimbabwe | 35 | 1:441,093 | 38,294 |
| Niger | 26 | 1:738,154 | 17,467 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Wasiri (1,269) may also be a first name.
Wasiri Demographics
Wasiri Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Wasiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wasiri is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasiri? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wasiri is the 244,303rd most numerous surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 4,468,146 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Wasiri live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wasiri is also the 221,510th most prevalent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,269 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 858 people, or 1 in 206,460. In Nigeria Wasiri is primarily concentrated in: Oyo, where 26 percent reside, Bauchi, where 12 percent reside and Katsina, where 9 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 37 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 percent reside.
Wasiri Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Wasiri surname is principally Muslim (69%) in Nigeria.
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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 Wasiri
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