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
Average Waso Salary in
South Africa
R 335,304
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Waso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waso Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waso (Oriya: ୱାେସା) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waso? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 139,743rd most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 2,279,495 people. The last name Waso occurs mostly in Asia, where 39 percent of Waso reside; 29 percent reside in Central Africa and 27 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 90,758th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 5,479 people.
Waso is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 862 people, or 1 in 85,707. Not including The DR Congo this last name occurs in 28 countries. It is also common 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 holding the surname is chiefly 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
- 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 Waso
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