Cognomen الواسطي (الواسطي 
) , all around the world, is a common family name. The surname الواسطي is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Iraq, where it is a common surname, Syria, where it is a rare surname, and Yemen. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Iraq, Egypt, and Yemen. Much less frequently, الواسطي is the forename as well as the last name.
| أبو الجوائز الواسطي Iraqi poet and writer, IQ (b. 992) |
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| ابن الدهان الواسطي Iraqi linguist and poet, IQ (b. 1137) |
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| أبو الفتح الواسطي Medieval sufi from Baghdad, IQ (b. 1150) |
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| يحيى بن محمود الواسطي 13th-century Iraqi-Arab painter and calligrapher, IQ (b. 1300) |
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| علي بن أبي النجم الواسطي Faqih and muhaddith, IQ |
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| سعيد بن سليمان الواسطي IQ |
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