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 surname Wassu (Hindi: वस्सु) is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wassu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 283,122nd most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 5,354,552 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wassu reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Wassu is also the 1,116,575th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 75 people.
This surname is most common in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Outside of Ethiopia this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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