Vasa (name) explained
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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