Wassi Surname
Approximately 2,136 people bear this surname
Wassi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 646 | 1:15,999 | 2,161 |
| Cameroon | 281 | 1:73,911 | 9,200 |
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Pakistan | 200 | 1:893,219 | 12,174 |
| Ivory Coast | 129 | 1:178,847 | 7,951 |
| Niger | 87 | 1:220,598 | 7,246 |
| Indonesia | 64 | 1:2,066,394 | 128,621 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| United States | 30 | 1:12,081,964 | 463,456 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Congo | 15 | 1:332,606 | 9,246 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wassi (5,841) may also be a first name.
Wassi Demographics
Average Wassi Salary in
United States
$38,683 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wassi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wassi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wassi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺻﻲ, Hindi: वस्सी) occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wassi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 196,264th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,411,772 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Wassi live; 41 percent live in West Africa and 30 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 87,213th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 5,841 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 646 people, or 1 in 15,999. In Benin it is most numerous in: Ouémé Department, where 28 percent live, Plateau Department, where 22 percent live and Donga Department, where 15 percent live. Besides Benin this last name is found in 33 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 13 percent live and Malawi, where 12 percent live.
Wassi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wassi surname are 37.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 84.62% registered to vote for the party.
Wassi earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.35% less than the national average, earning $38,683 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wassi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wassi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﺻﻲ | wasy | - |
| Wassi in the Hindi language | ||
| वस्सी | vas'si | - |
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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 Wassi
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