Wassala Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Wassala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 56 | 1:342,715 | 9,958 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Wassala (70) may also be a first name.
Wassala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wassala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wassala occurs most in Niger. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wassala.
How Common Is The Last Name Wassala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,530,696th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wassala reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Wassala is also the 1,162,016th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 70 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Niger, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 342,715. In Niger it is most common in: Tillabéri Region, where 79 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 21 percent are found. Apart from Niger Wassala exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found and Sri Lanka, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Wassala
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