Wasis Surname
Approximately 2,314 people bear this surname
Wasis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 2,170 | 1:60,944 | 6,675 |
| Papua New Guinea | 85 | 1:95,926 | 12,852 |
| Malaysia | 40 | 1:737,356 | 34,564 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Wasis (17,075) may also be a first name.
Wasis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wasis (Hindi: वाशीश, Marathi: वसीस) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasis? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wasis is the 183,523rd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,149,328 people. Wasis occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Wasis are found; 93 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 93 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Wasis is also the 42,408th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 17,075 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 2,170 people, or 1 in 60,944. In Indonesia Wasis is mostly found in: East Java, where 43 percent reside, Central Java, where 24 percent reside and Lampung, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside and Malaysia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wasis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wasis in the Marathi language | ||
| वसीस | vasisa | - |
| Wasis in the Hindi language | ||
| वाशीश | vasisa | 50 |
| वाशीष | vasisa | 25 |
| वसीस | vasisa | 25 |
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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
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- 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 Wasis
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