Wadaa Surname
Approximately 710 people bear this surname
Wadaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 458 | 1:200,733 | 14,525 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
The alternate forms: Wadaâ (1) are calculated separately.
Wadaa (602) may also be a first name.
Wadaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wadaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wadaa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺩﻋﻪ) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Wadaâ. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadaa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 472,211th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,264,149 people. The surname Wadaa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Wadaa are found; 89 percent are found in North Africa and 65 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Wadaa is also the 340,659th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 602 people.
The last name is most widely held in Egypt, where it is borne by 458 people, or 1 in 200,733. Barring Egypt this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 24 percent reside and Iraq, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wadaa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wadaa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺩﻋﻪ | wdh | 50 |
| ﺍﻭﺩﺍﻋﻪ | awdah | 50 |
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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 Wadaa
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