Whase Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Whase Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Whase (23) may also be a first name.
Whase Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whase Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Whase is most common in Nigeria. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Whase? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,116,508th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Whase reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Whase is also the 2,239,265th most frequent forename throughout the world, held by 23 people.
Whase is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 95 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
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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 Whase
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