Wisa Surname
Approximately 1,448 people bear this surname
Wisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 534 | 1:138,351 | 14,711 |
| Tanzania | 215 | 1:246,240 | 19,907 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Indonesia | 155 | 1:853,221 | 64,334 |
| Thailand | 113 | 1:625,118 | 105,836 |
| Peru | 62 | 1:512,647 | 14,327 |
| United States | 46 | 1:7,879,542 | 351,394 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Venezuela | 14 | 1:2,157,434 | 25,468 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 1:1,673,956 | 87,330 |
Wisa (4,948) may also be a first name.
Wisa Demographics
Average Wisa Salary in
United States
$41,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wisa (Oriya: ୱିସା) occurs most in The DR Congo. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wisa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 269,545th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,032,836 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Wisa are found; 37 percent are found in Central Africa and 37 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 96,835th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 4,948 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 534 people, or 1 in 138,351. Not including The DR Congo this last name exists in 28 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 15 percent reside and Egypt, where 13 percent reside.
Wisa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wisa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wisa surname expanded 153 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wisa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wisa last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered with the party.
The amount Wisa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 47.19% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,238 per year; in South Africa they earn 68.29% less than the national average, earning R 75,360 per year; in Colombia they earn 43.38% less than the national average, earning $12,854,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.53% less than the national average, earning $37,495 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wisa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wisa in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱିସା | wisa | - |
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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 Wisa
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