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
The surname Wadabe is found in Chad more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadabe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wadabe is the 661,581st most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 16,051,863 people. The last name Wadabe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wadabe live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Chadic Africa.
Wadabe is most frequently held in Chad, where it is held by 385 people, or 1 in 35,304. Other than Chad this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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