Wasket Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Wasket Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wasket Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica181:159,4425,298
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Wasket Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wasket Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wasket is found most frequently in Jamaica. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasket? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,034,050th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Wasket live; 75 percent live in Caribbean and 75 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Jamaica, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 159,442. In Jamaica Wasket is most prevalent in: Middlesex County, where 94 percent live and Surrey County, where 6 percent live. Apart from Jamaica it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

Wasket Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wasket has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Wasket surname fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waskett92107/
Wosket8332/
Waskit831/
Vasket831/
Wesket830/
Wasked830/
Waschkeit8046/
Woskett77100/
Weskett7727/
Bascket776/
Vaskets771/
Baskeyt771/
Baisket770/
Bausket770/
Weskeit770/
Waskitt770/
Wachkeit711/
Beaskett711/
Wascheidt673/
Woschkeit672/
Basked671/
Bàsket671/
Washkoitz671/

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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 Wasket
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