Wasme Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

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

Wasme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wasme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Wasme (13) may also be a first name.

Wasme Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wasme occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasme? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,908,606th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 81 percent of Wasme live; 81 percent live in Oceania Islands and 81 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wasme is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 13 people.

Wasme is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 85 percent live, Eastern Highlands, where 8 percent live and West New Britain, where 8 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wasmes91137/
Wasmey911/
Watsme911/
Wasmet910/
Wasm8920/
Waszmer8358/
Weasmer8312/
Wasmeer837/
Washmer831/
Washmet830/
Wasma802,368/
Wasmi80671/
Basme80385/
Wasmy8013/
Waism808/
Vasme804/
Waasm804/
Wassm803/
Waszm803/
Wajme801/
Wesme801/
Wacme801/
Washmeer773/
Wassmmer771/
Waßmer73979/
Vasmer7399/
Basmey7332/
Vasmeh7317/
Waismi7312/
Weasma735/
Bashme734/
Waasma734/
Washmi733/
Wasmih731/
Vasmet731/
Whashm731/
Wasmth731/
Wahjme731/
Whesme731/
Washma731/
Wuesme731/
Wassma731/
Wasmaa731/
Wasmai731/
Basm67405/
Vassmer67149/
Wachmer6769/
Waismaa6730/
Vasmeer6714/
Wazm676/
Basmeih676/
Waesmai672/
Wajm672/
Wassmér672/
Wössmer672/
Vashmeh671/
Wossmer671/
Vahsmer671/
Wuosmer671/
Vasm671/
Waachme671/
Wachmee671/
Uasm671/

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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 Wasme
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