Wasiye Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Wasiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
Wasiye (11) may also be a first name.
Wasiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wasiye occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wasiye.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasiye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,274,477th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Wasiye live; 64 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 11 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 2,054,699. In Uganda Wasiye is mostly concentrated in: Butaleja District, where 53 percent live, Buikwe District, where 32 percent live and Kampala District, where 11 percent live. Excluding Uganda this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent live and Ethiopia, where 11 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 Wasiye
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