Waswi Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Waswi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 53 | 1:871,319 | 32,675 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
Waswi (108) may also be a first name.
Waswi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waswi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waswi is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Waswi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,483,783rd most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Waswi are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Waswi is also the 904,892nd most prevalent first name globally It is held by 108 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 871,319. In Kenya Waswi is mostly concentrated in: Siaya County, where 96 percent reside, Busia County, where 2 percent reside and Kisumu County, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya Waswi exists in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waswit | 91 | 4 | / |
| Waswai | 91 | 4 | / |
| Waswije | 83 | 9 | / |
| Wasswit | 83 | 1 | / |
| Washwie | 83 | 1 | / |
| Waswa | 80 | 33,342 | / |
| Wasui | 80 | 78 | / |
| Weswi | 80 | 17 | / |
| Waswe | 80 | 5 | / |
| Vaswi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wasvi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waiswa | 73 | 50,473 | / |
| Wasswa | 73 | 35,118 | / |
| Wauswa | 73 | 23 | / |
| Washwa | 73 | 21 | / |
| Waaswa | 73 | 15 | / |
| Wasway | 73 | 15 | / |
| Vaswit | 73 | 4 | / |
| Waswaa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Waswwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waiswe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wasuie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vaswai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wadswoith | 71 | 0 | / |
| Waisswa | 67 | 167 | / |
| Baswaih | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wassswa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Waasswa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bashwih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waiswaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waishwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waaiswa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wasswaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wachwid | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Waswi
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis