Wasiu Surname
Approximately 42,559 people bear this surname
Wasiu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 41,934 | 1:4,224 | 568 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Indonesia | 153 | 1:864,374 | 65,003 |
| Australia | 35 | 1:771,306 | 49,759 |
| Pakistan | 21 | 1:8,506,852 | 44,204 |
| Maldives | 13 | 1:31,090 | 1,777 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Wasiu (166,284) may also be a first name.
Wasiu Demographics
Wasiu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Wasiu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasiu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wasiu is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wasiu.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasiu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 13,165th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 171,234 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wasiu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 6,327th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 166,284 people.
The last name Wasiu is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 41,934 people, or 1 in 4,224. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Oyo, where 30 percent reside, Lagos, where 18 percent reside and Osun, where 11 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it exists in 23 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 1 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.
Wasiu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Muslim (84%) in Nigeria.
Wasiu earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.1% less than the national average, earning $30,594 USD per year.
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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 Wasiu
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