Wassaye Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Wassaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wassaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wassaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wassaye is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wassaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,587,209th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Wassaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wassaye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Chadic Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Niger, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 2,132,446. In Niger it is most common in: Zinder Region, where 89 percent reside and Diffa Region, where 11 percent reside. Other than Niger this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 8 percent reside and Chad, where 8 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
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- 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 Wassaye
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