Wada Surname
Approximately 369,186 people bear this surname
Wada Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 278,340 | 1:459 | 64 |
| Nigeria | 66,395 | 1:2,668 | 347 |
| Niger | 7,520 | 1:2,552 | 269 |
| Pakistan | 3,282 | 1:54,431 | 2,164 |
| United States | 2,315 | 1:156,570 | 16,008 |
| Egypt | 2,044 | 1:44,978 | 4,502 |
| Ethiopia | 1,932 | 1:50,490 | 5,344 |
| Brazil | 1,549 | 1:138,202 | 5,288 |
| Indonesia | 1,343 | 1:98,473 | 10,198 |
| Cameroon | 746 | 1:27,841 | 3,783 |
| Thailand | 548 | 1:128,902 | 19,566 |
| Nepal | 544 | 1:52,355 | 1,542 |
| Iraq | 335 | 1:104,542 | 3,094 |
| Benin | 274 | 1:37,721 | 4,859 |
| DR Congo | 212 | 1:348,489 | 30,654 |
| India | 195 | 1:3,933,669 | 107,487 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Australia | 129 | 1:209,269 | 20,284 |
| Hong Kong | 112 | 1:65,495 | 1,203 |
| Canada | 106 | 1:347,600 | 31,502 |
| Zimbabwe | 106 | 1:145,644 | 18,674 |
| Papua New Guinea | 82 | 1:99,436 | 13,359 |
| Philippines | 79 | 1:1,281,496 | 97,319 |
| Botswana | 66 | 1:33,135 | 6,513 |
| England | 54 | 1:1,031,816 | 50,675 |
| Guinea | 51 | 1:232,036 | 1,020 |
| Burkina Faso | 49 | 1:374,533 | 5,986 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Liberia | 43 | 1:102,524 | 8,134 |
| Ivory Coast | 37 | 1:623,547 | 18,271 |
| Argentina | 36 | 1:1,187,317 | 70,591 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| Chile | 32 | 1:550,515 | 13,718 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 1:156,149 | 17,650 |
| Guam | 25 | 1:6,405 | 908 |
| Tunisia | 22 | 1:27,756 | 4,198 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Taiwan | 14 | 1:1,674,625 | 11,030 |
| Senegal | 14 | 1:1,041,382 | 3,211 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Peru | 11 | 1:2,889,466 | 28,985 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Paraguay | 11 | 1:657,886 | 7,708 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niue | 1 | 1:1,614 | 145 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
Wada (65,739) may also be a first name.
Wada Demographics
Average Wada Salary in
United States
$49,422 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wada Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wada Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wada (Arabic: ودعا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺩﻋﻪ, Hindi: वदा, Oriya: ୱାଡା) is most common in Japan. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wada? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wada is the 1,454th most common family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 19,739 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Wada reside; 75 percent reside in East Asia and 75 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 14,650th most prevalent given name internationally. It is borne by 65,739 people.
It is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 278,340 people, or 1 in 459. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Kanagawa Prefecture, where 10 percent are found, Osaka Prefecture, where 10 percent are found and Tokyo Metropolis, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Japan this last name occurs in 92 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 18 percent are found and Niger, where 2 percent are found.
Wada Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wada has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wada last name rose 10,065 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wada Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Wada last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (85%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Wada surname are 15.51% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 68.74% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wada earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 14.54% more than the national average, earning $49,422 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.1% less than the national average, earning $48,141 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wada Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wada in the Hindi language | ||
| वदा | vada | - |
| Wada in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାଡା | wada | 77.78 |
| ୱାଦା | wada | 17.46 |
| ୱଦା | wada | 1.59 |
| ୱାଡ଼ା | wara | 1.59 |
| ୱାତା | wata | 1.59 |
| Wada in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺩﻋﻪ | wdh | 50 |
| ﻭﺍﺩﻩ | wadh | 50 |
| Wada in the Arabic language | ||
| ودعا | wda | - |
| ودا | wda | - |
| وضا | wda | - |
| وعدا | wda | - |
| عودا | wda | - |
| وضاء | wda | - |
| وداع | wda | - |
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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 Wada
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