Wassef Surname

56,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,906 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Wassef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wassef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt7,4441:12,3501,471
Saudi Arabia6361:48,5157,156
United States4271:848,85064,722
Canada1681:219,31921,150
England561:994,96549,531
Australia531:509,35338,491
Qatar161:147,37516,023
France161:4,151,420237,746
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Lebanon41:1,409,27119,641
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043

Wassef (1,097) may also be a first name.

Wassef Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wassef Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wassef is found most in Egypt. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wassef? popularity and diffusion

It is the 56,898th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 818,274 people. The surname Wassef occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Wassef are found; 84 percent are found in North Africa and 84 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Wassef is also the 240,930th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 1,097 people.

Wassef is most widely held in Egypt, where it is borne by 7,444 people, or 1 in 12,350. Not including Egypt this surname is found in 35 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Wassef Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wassef last name are 7.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60.82% being registered with the political party.

The amount Wassef earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 29.1% more than the national average, earning $55,707 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.16% more than the national average, earning $62,182 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wasseff924/
Wassief923/
Wasef915,145/
Wassif831,424/
Waseef83406/
Vassef8344/
Bassef833/
Wessef832/
Wasief832/
Wasseb831/
Washef831/
Washeff772/
Wassiff771/
Wassaif771/
Waishef771/
Weissef770/
Wasif7313,196/
Vasef73167/
Wesef7311/
Wacef736/
Basef736/
Wasyf732/
Uasef731/
Wasew731/
Uossef67246/
Waasif67185/
Basseb67105/
Vassev6742/
Washif6715/
Bassif6711/
Wahsif6710/
Baseef678/
Wasife677/
Vaseef676/
Bassew674/
Wasaif674/
Wazeif674/
Vassif672/
Baseif672/
Vaseff672/
Wessew671/
Washew671/
Vasief671/
Wousef671/
Waseew671/
Wasifh671/
Bashef671/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Wassef
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis