Wasiton Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wasiton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wasiton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Wasiton (65) may also be a first name.

Wasiton Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wasiton occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasiton? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,882,373rd most commonly used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 81 percent of Wasiton live; 77 percent live in Oceania Islands and 77 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,212,820th most prevalent given name internationally It is held by 65 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: New Ireland, where 70 percent live and East New Britain, where 25 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea Wasiton is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 19 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Washiton9310/
Washgiton882/
Basiton861/
Washeton801/
Wachiton801/
Washyton800/
Bassitoun75204/
Bassuiton751/
Waschyton751/
Basitan71109/
Basitun7117/
Watcheston714/
Wasitam712/
Uesiton711/
Baseton710/
Wachitun6711/
Wachitan6710/
Basuitan676/
Bashitan671/
Uessiton671/
Vashitan671/

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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 Wasiton
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