Wasiwo Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Wasiwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 47 | 1:328,473 | 31,980 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Wasiwo (55) may also be a first name.
Wasiwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasiwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wasiwo occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wasiwo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasiwo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,776,799th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. Wasiwo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wasiwo are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most commonly occurring forename world-wide It is held by 55 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 328,473. In Zimbabwe Wasiwo is primarily concentrated in: Harare Province, where 70 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 28 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 2 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe Wasiwo occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 4 percent live.
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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 Wasiwo
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