Wusah Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ghana

Wusah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wusah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Wusah (301) may also be a first name.

Wusah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wusah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wusah occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wusah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,798,600th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Wusah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Wusah reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wusah is also the 507,810th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 301 people.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 54 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 38 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 33 percent live and Indonesia, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wussah911,813/
Wousah911/
Wausah911/
Wusa89681/
Woussah8311/
Wushaih831/
Wausa80126/
Wusia8089/
Wisah8066/
Wusha8051/
Wusau8042/
Wujah8035/
Wuisa8027/
Wousa809/
Wussa806/
Whusa805/
Wusho804/
Wusga802/
Weusa801/
Wusoh801/
Wusai801/
Wuusa801/
Wuesa801/
Wishah73717/
Woussa7377/
Woutsa7366/
Wissah7348/
Vusach7329/
Wushou7323/
Wosaha7323/
Wausau7320/
Wuscha7316/
Wussai7316/
Weussa734/
Wausha734/
Wushau733/
Wausat733/
Woseah732/
Wutsai732/
Bousah732/
Wutsha731/
Hwusha731/
Wisahy731/
Wushap731/
Wuisai731/
Wouzah731/
Weutsa731/
Wausai731/
Woesah731/
Woussahai7111/
Busa6729,060/
Vusa671,478/
Wisa671,448/
Wosa671,326/
Bousaha67578/
Wishahy67285/
Wuza6753/
Wuso6737/
Wuja6726/
Boussah6710/
Wuxa674/
Boushah672/
Woutsat671/
Wuca671/
Wishaha671/
Bussaha671/
Hwoussa671/
Woussai671/
Woussay671/
Woussoh671/
Woutsas671/
Wausaux670/

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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 Wusah
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