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 has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasiwasi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 814,680th most common last name in the world, held by around 1 in 21,308,614 people. The last name 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 frequent first name in the world, held by 877 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 309 people, or 1 in 171,332. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Rukwa Region, where 40 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 36 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 17 percent reside. Besides Tanzania it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
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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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