Wassire Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Wassire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 109 | 1:94,822 | 10,901 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wassire (16) may also be a first name.
Wassire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wassire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wassire is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wassire? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wassire is the 1,736,881st most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wassire live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 16 people.
The last name Wassire is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 94,822. In Benin Wassire is primarily found in: Atakora Department, where 96 percent live and Borgou Department, where 4 percent live. Aside from Benin Wassire exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 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
- 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 Wassire
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