Wadah Surname
Approximately 3,161 people bear this surname
Wadah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 1,283 | 1:139,239 | 3,898 |
| Iraq | 592 | 1:59,158 | 2,196 |
| Egypt | 519 | 1:177,140 | 13,144 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Indonesia | 185 | 1:714,861 | 55,312 |
| Nigeria | 162 | 1:1,093,474 | 45,309 |
| Liberia | 35 | 1:125,958 | 9,506 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Yemen | 14 | 1:1,887,521 | 12,953 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Syria | 8 | 1:2,412,628 | 10,757 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wadah (43,591) may also be a first name.
Wadah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wadah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wadah (Arabic: واده) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wadah is the 141,046th most frequently held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,305,456 people. Wadah is primarily found in Asia, where 67 percent of Wadah live; 41 percent live in South Asia and 41 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Wadah is also the 20,704th most common given name globally, held by 43,591 people.
The last name is most common in Pakistan, where it is carried by 1,283 people, or 1 in 139,239. In Pakistan Wadah is most numerous in: Punjab, where 95 percent live, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 4 percent live and Sindh, where 1 percent live. Beside Pakistan Wadah occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 19 percent live and Egypt, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wadah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wadah in the Arabic language | ||
| واده | wadh | - |
| عواده | wadh | - |
| واضح | wadh | - |
| واعده | wadh | - |
| وضّاح | wdah | - |
| وضاح | wdah | - |
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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 Wadah
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