El Wadani Surname

2,293,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Tunisia

El Wadani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Wadani Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania411:99,8756,187
Jordan161:552,65213,471
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773

El Wadani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Wadani Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name El Wadani (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻮﺩﺍﻧﻲ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Wadani? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,293,424th most frequently used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname El Wadani is predominantly found in Africa, where 72 percent of El Wadani live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 99,875. In Mauritania El Wadani is primarily concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 56 percent are found, Gorgol Region, where 20 percent are found and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Mauritania this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 23 percent are found and Tunisia, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Wahdani95586/
El Wajdani954/
El Wadany8921/
El Badani893/
El Wodani891/
El Wadane891/
El Wahdany8462/
El Baidani845/
El Wasdany841/
El Wedany7875/
El Badany784/
El Wedane781/
El Wedhane747/
El Weddany745/
El Beidani741/
El Beydani741/
El Beidhani703/
El Bojdaini701/
El Beydhani701/
El Boudany631/
El Beidhany606/
El Beidhane601/
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El Wadani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Wadani in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻮﺩﺍﻧﻲalwdany86.67
ﺍﻟﻮﺩﺍﻧﻰalwdany6.67
ﺍﻟﻮﺩﺍﻥalwdan6.67

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Wadani
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