Wassu Surname
Approximately 1,361 people bear this surname
Wassu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Cameroon | 58 | 1:358,087 | 31,912 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Wassu (75) may also be a first name.
Wassu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wassu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wassu (Hindi: वस्सु) is most common in Ethiopia. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wassu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 283,122nd most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,354,552 people. Wassu is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wassu are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Wassu is also the 1,116,575th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, held by 75 people.
This surname is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Without taking into account Ethiopia this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wassu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wassu in the Hindi language | ||
| वस्सु | vas'su | - |
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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 Wassu
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