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