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 last name Wasme is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasme? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,908,606th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 81 percent of Wasme reside; 81 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 81 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,159,357th most common forename globally It is held by 13 people.

This last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea Wasme is mostly concentrated in: East Sepik, where 85 percent live, Eastern Highlands, where 8 percent live and West New Britain, where 8 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found 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
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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 Wasme
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