Vasa (name)

Vasa is a surname particularly in Jains from Sorath Vishasrimali Jain community mostly hailing originally from Patanvav and Vanthali village/town. Now they have spread to various towns and cities of India, USA and UK. They are many members now at Mumbai, Kolkatta, Surat, Ahamedabad, Bay Area- California, New York, London.

There are some people with surname "Vasha" in Amreli and Bhavnagar district of Saurashtra and they are Jains.

Other people with Vasa surname are Patels - Hindus  from North Gujarat area and near Ahamedabad city.

Vasa is a masculine given name and nickname (short for Vasilije), as well as a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Vasa Mihich (born 1933), American artist
Vasa Mijić (born 1973), Serbian volleyball player
Vasa Stajić (1878—1947), Serbian writer and philosopher
Vasilije Vasa Čarapić (1768–1806), Serbian voivode (military commander)
Vasilije Vasa Jovanović (1874–1970), Serbian lawyer, politician, founder of the Chetnik movement and a founding member of the League of Nations
Vasilije Vasa Živković (1819–1891), Serbian poet and Orthodox priest
Vasilije Vasa Pelagić (1833–1899), Bosnian Serb writer, physician, educator, clergyman, nationalist and proponent of utopian socialism
Vasilije Vaso Čubrilović (Vasilije Vasa Čubrilović; 1897–1990), Bosnian Serb scholar and politician
Eero Vasa (born 1997), Finnish tennis player
Robert F. Vasa (born 1951), American Roman Catholic prelate and former Bishop of Baker

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