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 surname Wadah (Arabic: واده) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Wadah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 141,046th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 2,305,456 people. The last name Wadah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Wadah are found; 41 percent are found in South Asia and 41 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 20,704th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 43,591 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is held 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. Besides Pakistan this surname is found in 23 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Wadah
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