Wassef Surname
Approximately 8,906 people bear this surname
Wassef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 7,444 | 1:12,350 | 1,471 |
| Saudi Arabia | 636 | 1:48,515 | 7,156 |
| United States | 427 | 1:848,850 | 64,722 |
| Canada | 168 | 1:219,319 | 21,150 |
| England | 56 | 1:994,965 | 49,531 |
| Australia | 53 | 1:509,353 | 38,491 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
Wassef (1,097) may also be a first name.
Wassef Demographics
Average Wassef Salary in
United States
$55,707 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wasseff | 92 | 4 | / |
| Wassief | 92 | 3 | / |
| Wasef | 91 | 5,145 | / |
| Wassif | 83 | 1,424 | / |
| Waseef | 83 | 406 | / |
| Vassef | 83 | 44 | / |
| Bassef | 83 | 3 | / |
| Wessef | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wasief | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wasseb | 83 | 1 | / |
| Washef | 83 | 1 | / |
| Washeff | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wassiff | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wassaif | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waishef | 77 | 1 | / |
| Weissef | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wasif | 73 | 13,196 | / |
| Vasef | 73 | 167 | / |
| Wesef | 73 | 11 | / |
| Wacef | 73 | 6 | / |
| Basef | 73 | 6 | / |
| Wasyf | 73 | 2 | / |
| Uasef | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wasew | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uossef | 67 | 246 | / |
| Waasif | 67 | 185 | / |
| Basseb | 67 | 105 | / |
| Vassev | 67 | 42 | / |
| Washif | 67 | 15 | / |
| Bassif | 67 | 11 | / |
| Wahsif | 67 | 10 | / |
| Baseef | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wasife | 67 | 7 | / |
| Vaseef | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bassew | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wasaif | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wazeif | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vassif | 67 | 2 | / |
| Baseif | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vaseff | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wessew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Washew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vasief | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wousef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waseew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wasifh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bashef | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wassef
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