Wassilew Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Wassilew Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Wassilew Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wassilew Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wassilew is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wassilew? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Wassilew is primarily found in Europe, where 94 percent of Wassilew reside; 56 percent reside in Western Europe and 56 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Wassilew is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 10,063,182. In Germany it is primarily found in: Saxony, where 25 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 13 percent live and Hesse, where 13 percent live. Besides Germany this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 38 percent live and Japan, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wassiliew | 94 | 19 | / |
| Wasilew | 93 | 269 | / |
| Wasiliew | 88 | 140 | / |
| Wasielew | 88 | 4 | / |
| Vassilew | 88 | 4 | / |
| Wasileiw | 88 | 2 | / |
| Wassilev | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wassileff | 82 | 17 | / |
| Wassileva | 82 | 4 | / |
| Wasielews | 82 | 1 | / |
| Wasylew | 80 | 46 | / |
| Wasilev | 80 | 25 | / |
| Vasilew | 80 | 20 | / |
| Wasiliw | 80 | 14 | / |
| Wassilieff | 78 | 50 | / |
| Vassilev | 75 | 1,078 | / |
| Wasileff | 75 | 28 | / |
| Wasiliev | 75 | 18 | / |
| Vasiliew | 75 | 16 | / |
| Wasyliew | 75 | 9 | / |
| Vassilef | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wasileva | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vassileva | 71 | 619 | / |
| Vassiliev | 71 | 442 | / |
| Vassileff | 71 | 63 | / |
| Wasilieff | 71 | 33 | / |
| Vassilief | 71 | 3 | / |
| Wasilevch | 71 | 2 | / |
| Vasilev | 67 | 267,953 | / |
| Basileb | 67 | 1,245 | / |
| Basilev | 67 | 1,068 | / |
| Wasyliw | 67 | 463 | / |
| Vassilieff | 67 | 237 | / |
| Vasilef | 67 | 32 | / |
| Vasiliw | 67 | 8 | / |
| Basiliw | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wasyłew | 67 | 4 | / |
| Basilef | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wasiliwová | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Wassilew
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