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
The last name Wasiu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasiu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 13,165th most numerous last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 171,234 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wasiu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 6,327th most commonly occurring forename at a global level It is held by 166,284 people.
Wasiu is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 41,934 people, or 1 in 4,224. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Oyo, where 30 percent reside, Lagos, where 18 percent reside and Osun, where 11 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs 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 adherence of those bearing the Wasiu 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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