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 commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wasiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wasiya is the 382,080th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 7,819,255 people. The surname Wasiya occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Wasiya reside; 57 percent reside in Southern Africa and 57 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 264,900th most frequent first name globally, borne by 932 people.
This last name is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Outside of Malawi this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 21 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 21 percent are found.
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
- 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 Wasiya
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