Wasiya Surname
Approximately 932 people bear this surname
Wasiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Pakistan | 200 | 1:893,219 | 12,174 |
| Zimbabwe | 192 | 1:80,408 | 11,765 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| India | 48 | 1:15,980,529 | 256,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Wasiya (932) may also be a first name.
Wasiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wasiya (Hindi: वसिया, Marathi: वसीया) is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wasiya is the 382,080th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 7,819,255 people. The last name Wasiya is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Wasiya are found; 57 percent are found in Southern Africa and 57 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 264,900th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 932 people.
The last name is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Without taking into account Malawi this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 21 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 21 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wasiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wasiya in the Hindi language | ||
| वसिया | vasiya | 70 |
| वसीय | vasiya | 20 |
| वासिया | vasiya | 10 |
| Wasiya in the Marathi language | ||
| वसीया | vasiya | 50 |
| वासीया | vasiya | 25 |
| वासीय | vasiya | 25 |
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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 Wasiya
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