Waso Surname
Approximately 3,197 people bear this surname
Waso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 862 | 1:85,707 | 9,810 |
| Papua New Guinea | 846 | 1:9,638 | 787 |
| Pakistan | 720 | 1:248,117 | 5,615 |
| Indonesia | 518 | 1:255,307 | 23,216 |
| Cameroon | 97 | 1:214,114 | 21,748 |
| South Africa | 51 | 1:1,062,308 | 63,943 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Mexico | 13 | 1:9,548,170 | 38,962 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Waso (5,479) may also be a first name.
Waso Demographics
Waso Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Waso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waso (Oriya: ୱାେସା) is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Waso click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waso? popularity and diffusion
The surname Waso is the 139,743rd most numerous family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,279,495 people. The surname Waso occurs predominantly in Asia, where 39 percent of Waso reside; 29 percent reside in Central Africa and 27 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Waso is also the 90,758th most common forename in the world, borne by 5,479 people.
Waso is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 862 people, or 1 in 85,707. Without taking into account The DR Congo Waso is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 26 percent are found and Pakistan, where 23 percent are found.
Waso Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Muslim (67%) in Kenya.
Waso earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.1% more than the national average, earning R 335,304 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waso Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waso in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାେସା | waesa | - |
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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 Waso
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