Wusa Surname
Approximately 681 people bear this surname
Wusa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 538 | 1:329,262 | 18,011 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Wusa (1,942) may also be a first name.
Wusa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wusa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wusa (Hindi: उषा) is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wusa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wusa is the 487,389th most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 10,701,242 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Wusa reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wusa is also the 172,074th most frequent given name internationally. It is borne by 1,942 people.
Wusa is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 538 people, or 1 in 329,262. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 32 percent live, Ogun, where 22 percent live and Niger, where 10 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 12 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wusa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wusa in the Hindi language | ||
| उषा | usa | - |
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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 Wusa
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