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 or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasiri? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wasiri is the 244,303rd most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,468,146 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Wasiri are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wasiri is also the 221,510th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,269 people.
The surname Wasiri is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 858 people, or 1 in 206,460. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 26 percent reside, Bauchi, where 12 percent reside and Katsina, where 9 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Wasiri occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 37 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 percent reside.
Wasiri Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly 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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