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 is found in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wassala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,530,696th most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wassala live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 70 people.
This last name is most widely held in Niger, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 342,715. In Niger Wassala is mostly found in: Tillabéri Region, where 79 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 21 percent live. Other than Niger this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and Sri Lanka, where 2 percent live.
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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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