Wassira Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Wassira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Wassira (742) may also be a first name.
Wassira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wassira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wassira is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wassira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wassira? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Wassira reside; 56 percent reside in East Africa and 56 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wassira is also the 301,975th most widespread forename in the world It is held by 742 people.
The last name Wassira is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania Wassira is most common in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent reside, Mara Region, where 20 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 20 percent reside. Beside Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent reside and Niger, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Wassira
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