Waada Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Waada Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Waada (27) may also be a first name.
Waada Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waada Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waada (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻋﺪﻩ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waada? popularity and diffusion
Waada is the 3,373,373rd most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name Waada occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Waada reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 21 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently used given name globally. It is borne by 27 people.
It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 2,596,134. In Cameroon it is most common in: North Region, where 50 percent are found, Far North Region, where 38 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 13 percent are found. Other than Cameroon it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 21 percent are found and Pakistan, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waada Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waada in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻋﺪﻩ | wdh | - |
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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 Waada
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