Wausa Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Wausa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 67 | 1:790,173 | 42,439 |
| Uganda | 35 | 1:1,115,408 | 46,348 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wausa (35) may also be a first name.
Wausa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wausa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wausa occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wausa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,604,449th most numerous family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Wausa live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 35 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 790,173. In Tanzania Wausa is most numerous in: Pwani Region, where 94 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 6 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 28 percent reside and Indonesia, where 17 percent reside.
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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 Wausa
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