Wasku Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wasku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wasku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea841:97,06813,033
Nigeria281:6,326,527151,186
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Wasku (15) may also be a first name.

Wasku Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wasku is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasku? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wasku is the 1,718,748th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. The last name Wasku occurs mostly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Wasku reside; 74 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 74 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,900,335th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 15 people.

The surname Wasku is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 97,068. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 63 percent reside, Madang, where 21 percent reside and Morobe, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 25 percent reside and Finland, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Washkau8339/
Waszkau8318/
Weaskus8317/
Waskuch8313/
Vasku80578/
Waskó801/
Waschkau77358/
Waschkus7723/
Washkuch7710/
Waschkut7710/
Vaskau7361/
Vaskuu7331/
Vaskou7316/
Wascou739/
Baskui737/
Vashku735/
Baskeu732/
Baskuy732/
Vaskui732/
Waskoe731/
Wodskou6762/
Vashkau679/
Vatskus676/
Vaskout672/
Wouskou671/
Vaskouz671/
Vaskuch671/
Vadskup671/

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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 Wasku
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