Wasila
given name · Latin script
Meaning: inseparable friend
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Wasila is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 17K(inferred from the name graph)
- TZTanzania≈1 in 27K
- GHGhana≈1 in 42K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 39 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)
≈13,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Nigeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
inseparable friend
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wasila counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Wasila | 29 |
| TZ Tanzania | — | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Wasila | 6 |
| GH Ghana | #690 | ≈700 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Wasila | 12 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈570 est. | ≈1 in 76K | — | Wasila | 11 |
| MA Morocco | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 140K | — | Wasila | 6 |
| TN Tunisia | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 73K | — | Wasila | 7 |
| ES Spain | — | 60 | 1 in 834K | 60 | Wasila | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 22 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 60 | #10,668 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 60 | #23,896 |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Wasila mean, and where does it come from?
- inseparable friend Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
- Is Wasila a male or female name?
- Wasila is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Wasila have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Wasila in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wasila.
- How common is the name Wasila?
- In Spain, the national register counted 60 people named Wasila, about 1 in 834 thousand residents.
- How common is Wasila compared with other names?
- In Ghana, Wasila is the 690th most common given name of 14,081 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wasilaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wasila” — the 690th most common given name in Ghana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.