Wasson is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wasson
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: The name is focused in the Nord department and Belgium. This is the case-regime Wasse, no name of Germanic origin (Wazo, to attach to the root wad = pledge).

How popular is Wasson?

Wasson is common in United States.

Wasson is ranked 37064 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wasson bearers increased by 1.037691 per cent in 2010 US census to 8471 since 2000, the surname slipped by 293 spots and ranked at 4182. The last name was found in around 29 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.12 91.65
Hispanic or Latino 2.8 1.77
Black 2.77 3.21
Others 2.04 1.46
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.16 1.12
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.11 0.8
Wasson is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 13310 people have been found who wears Wasson as their family name. Wasson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
2,084 Afghanistan5
10,542 China4
720,003 Russia4
6,270 Hong Kong3
14,126 Colombia3
118,441 Germany2
18,718 Thailand2
26,123 Malaysia2
54,135 Philippines2
34,681 Norway2
6,266 Luxembourg2
7,895 South Korea1
8,859 Iraq1
356 Eritrea1
151,601 Spain1
15,162 Costa Rica1
38,841 Scotland1
8,181 Botswana1
492,292 Ukraine1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
52,530 Belgium22
15,050 Singapore18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,143 New Zealand52
Countries with hundreds of Wasson:
40,286 India821
7,615 Canada545
16,752 South Africa365
27,922 France355
8,684 Australia325
1,273 Northern Ireland227
32,841 England134
3,646 Ireland104
Countries with ten thousands of Wasson:
3,886 United States10,303
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Biddy Wasson worked as farmer and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 24 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Asburton and arrived on July 3, 1850. 26 years old Mary Wasson, Immigrant Andy. Wasson, 35 years old Jane Wasson, 16 years old Dianah Wasson, 11 years old Tom Wasson, 9 years old Eliza Wasson, 5 years old James Wasson, are other Wasson that migrated to US.

Comments

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wasson is a rare surname, represents a derivative of Wasso, personal name of Germanic origin, derived from the radical wad pledge.

Wasson Namesakes

  • Craig Wasson, Actor
  • Erin Wasson, Model
  • David Atwood Wasson, Author
  • Isabel Bassett Wasson, Geologist
  • Erin Wasson, Model
  • Craig Wasson, Actor
  • R. Gordon Wasson, Author
  • Erin Wasson, Model
  • Craig Wasson, Actor
  • Craig Wasson, Actor
  • Sophie Jo Wasson portrayed the central character of Ruth Murray in 2007 drama film 32A.

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