Wassaka Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Wassaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 26 | 1:1,501,511 | 54,973 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
Wassaka (37) may also be a first name.
Wassaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wassaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wassaka is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wassaka.
How Common Is The Last Name Wassaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,718,172nd most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name Wassaka is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wassaka reside; 51 percent reside in East Africa and 51 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most widely held forename in the world, held by 37 people.
This surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 1,501,511. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Mpigi District, where 35 percent reside, Wakiso District, where 31 percent reside and Kampala District, where 15 percent reside. Besides Uganda Wassaka is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 37 percent reside and Niger, where 12 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 Wassaka
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