Wassia Surname
Approximately 487 people bear this surname
Wassia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Benin | 175 | 1:59,061 | 7,296 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| Burkina Faso | 12 | 1:1,529,342 | 12,810 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Wassia (2,082) may also be a first name.
Wassia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wassia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wassia occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wassia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wassia is the 628,294th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 14,964,160 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Wassia are found; 41 percent are found in West Africa and 39 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wassia is also the 165,094th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 2,082 people.
The last name Wassia is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Aside from Egypt it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 36 percent live and The DR Congo, where 15 percent live.
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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 Wassia
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