Wassar Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Wassar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 117 | 1:1,130,335 | 81,024 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 1:76,328 | 12,820 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Wassar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wassar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wassar occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wassar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,441,361st most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 69 percent of Wassar live; 68 percent live in Southeast Asia and 68 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The surname Wassar is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 1,130,335. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: Maluku, where 85 percent reside, Papua, where 13 percent reside and North Maluku, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 7 percent reside and Tunisia, where 5 percent reside.
Wassar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wassar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wassar surname contracted 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wassar
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