Wadabe Surname
Approximately 454 people bear this surname
Wadabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
Wadabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wadabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wadabe is more commonly found in Chad than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadabe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wadabe is the 661,581st most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,051,863 people. The last name Wadabe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wadabe live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Chad, where it is held by 385 people, or 1 in 35,304. Barring Chad it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 12 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wahdabe | 92 | 3 | / |
| Wahdahbe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wadhabee | 86 | 1 | / |
| Badabe | 83 | 1,037 | / |
| Wadaba | 83 | 275 | / |
| Wadebe | 83 | 150 | / |
| Wadave | 83 | 49 | / |
| Vadabe | 83 | 19 | / |
| Wadobe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Wadabi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wodabe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wadhave | 77 | 384 | / |
| Wadhaba | 77 | 29 | / |
| Vadabhe | 77 | 13 | / |
| Wadabai | 77 | 7 | / |
| Wadeube | 77 | 4 | / |
| Wadebey | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wadeibe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wadehbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wadabha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Badhabe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vaidhabe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vadabhed | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vadave | 67 | 1,013 | / |
| Badave | 67 | 953 | / |
| Wadoba | 67 | 52 | / |
| Badabi | 67 | 33 | / |
| Wadobi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Bodabe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wodebe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Badobe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wadebi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vadaba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wodabi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Badaby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wodaba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vadabi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wadabe
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