Wasswa Surname

15,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35,118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wasswa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wasswa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda34,8141:1,121119
Swaziland1521:8,541460
England411:1,358,97760,528
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Rwanda91:1,262,7752,632
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Wasswa (1,906) may also be a first name.

Wasswa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wasswa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wasswa occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wasswa.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasswa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 15,878th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 207,516 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wasswa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 174,063rd most frequently occurring forename at a global level, held by 1,906 people.

It is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is held by 34,814 people, or 1 in 1,121. In Uganda Wasswa is most numerous in: Wakiso District, where 20 percent reside, Kampala District, where 13 percent reside and Mukono District, where 9 percent reside. Not including Uganda Wasswa is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in Swaziland, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Wasswa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wasswa surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

The amount Wasswa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 294.35% more than the national average, earning R 937,116 per year and in United States they earn 9.86% less than the national average, earning $38,893 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waisswa92167/
Wasswas9210/
Wassswa923/
Wasswah922/
Waasswa922/
Wasswaa921/
Waswa9133,342/
Waiswa8350,473/
Wesswa83183/
Wauswa8323/
Washwa8321/
Waaswa8315/
Wasway8315/
Waswai834/
Waswah834/
Waswaa832/
Wassua832/
Waswwa831/
Wasswo830/
Waswath771/
Wasswit771/
Waiswaa771/
Waishwa771/
Waaiswa771/
Weswa731,541/
Wasua73736/
Waswo7374/
Waswi7360/
Waswe735/
Vaswa733/
Woswa731/
Wadswath710/
Wassby6711/
Weiswa676/
Basswy675/
Waswit674/
Bassva673/
Waisua673/
Washua673/
Bayswa672/
Wachwa671/
Vaswai671/
Vaswad671/
Bassua671/
Baswha671/
Waiswe671/
Waizwa671/
Weswah671/

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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 Wasswa
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