Wasiwasi Surname
Approximately 342 people bear this surname
Wasiwasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 309 | 1:171,332 | 15,031 |
| Uganda | 26 | 1:1,501,511 | 54,973 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Wasiwasi (877) may also be a first name.
Wasiwasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasiwasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wasiwasi occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasiwasi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 814,680th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 21,308,614 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wasiwasi live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wasiwasi is also the 274,607th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 877 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 309 people, or 1 in 171,332. In Tanzania Wasiwasi is most frequent in: Rukwa Region, where 40 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 36 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 17 percent are found. Other than Tanzania it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Wasiwasi
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