Wassiri Surname
Approximately 184 people bear this surname
Wassiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 173 | 1:110,937 | 4,431 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wassiri (269) may also be a first name.
Wassiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wassiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wassiri occurs most in Niger. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wassiri? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,252,959th most numerous family name globally, held by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. Wassiri occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Wassiri reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 542,091st most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 269 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 173 people, or 1 in 110,937. In Niger Wassiri is most common in: Diffa Region, where 75 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 23 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 1 percent are found. Barring Niger it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 4 percent are found and Iran, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Wassiri
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