Waswas Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Waswas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waswas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea751:108,71614,715
Jordan61:1,473,74019,539
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Waswas (36) may also be a first name.

Waswas Last Name Facts

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

Waswas is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waswas? popularity and diffusion

The surname Waswas is the 1,882,912th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. The surname Waswas occurs mostly in Oceania, where 77 percent of Waswas are found; 77 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 77 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,717,090th most numerous first name internationally, held by 36 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 108,716. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: East Sepik, where 51 percent reside, Southern Highlands, where 17 percent reside and Madang, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 6 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wasswas9210/
Washwash862/
Weswas838/
Vaswas835/
Baiswas7755/
Weeswas771/
Vaswash771/
Washbash712/
Basbas677,876/
Boswas6743/
Vasvas672/
Basvas671/

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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 Waswas
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