Wassai Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Wassai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 51 | 1:376,314 | 10,650 |
| Pakistan | 43 | 1:4,154,509 | 29,278 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
The alternate forms: Wassaï (5) are calculated separately.
Wassai (86) may also be a first name.
Wassai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wassai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wassai is borne by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Wassaï. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wassai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wassai is the 1,727,723rd most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Wassai are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Wassai is also the 1,032,266th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 86 people.
This last name is most common in Niger, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 376,314. In Niger it is most common in: Zinder Region, where 98 percent reside. Barring Niger this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 38 percent reside and Cameroon, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Wassai
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