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) is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Wadaâ. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadaa? popularity and diffusion
Wadaa is the 472,211th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 10,264,149 people. The surname Wadaa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Wadaa reside; 89 percent reside in North Africa and 65 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Wadaa is also the 340,659th most common first name world-wide It is held by 602 people.
The surname Wadaa is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 458 people, or 1 in 200,733. Outside of Egypt it is found in 16 countries. It is also common 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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