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 surname Wadaa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺩﻋﻪ) is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Wadaâ. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadaa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wadaa is the 472,211th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 10,264,149 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Wadaa live; 89 percent live in North Africa and 65 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 340,659th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 602 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is held by 458 people, or 1 in 200,733. Other than Egypt this last name exists in 16 countries. It also occurs 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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