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
The surname Wasis (Hindi: वाशीश, Marathi: वसीस) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasis? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 183,523rd most commonly held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,149,328 people. The surname is predominantly found 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 commonly occurring given name in the world It is held by 17,075 people.
The last name Wasis is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is held by 2,170 people, or 1 in 60,944. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: East Java, where 43 percent live, Central Java, where 24 percent live and Lampung, where 6 percent live. Excluding Indonesia this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live and Malaysia, where 2 percent live.
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
- 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 Wasis
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