Wasirwa Surname

685,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 433 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wasirwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wasirwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda3681:106,08510,465
Kenya631:733,01430,691
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Wasirwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wasirwa is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wasirwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasirwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 685,266th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 16,830,360 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wasirwa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 53 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widespread in Uganda, where it is borne by 368 people, or 1 in 106,085. In Uganda it is most common in: Mbale District, where 33 percent are found, Manafwa District, where 20 percent are found and Kamwenge District, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 15 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Wasirwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Wasirwa last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wasairwa9328/
Washirwa931/
Wassirwa931/
Watsirwa931/
Waserwa861/
Bassirwa801/
Washerway750/
Baserwa71318/
Bagirwa7161/
Basirwe7127/
Basirua714/
Bosirwa711/
Bazirwa711/
Bashirua676/
Bashirwe675/
Basirbay671/
Wacherwa671/
Basirbai671/
Bashirba671/
Basherwa671/
Wousirba671/
Vajirwad671/

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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 Wasirwa
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