Wadai Surname
Approximately 619 people bear this surname
Wadai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 275 | 1:644,155 | 30,300 |
| India | 162 | 1:4,734,971 | 120,979 |
| Benin | 40 | 1:258,390 | 22,474 |
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| Pakistan | 36 | 1:4,962,330 | 32,327 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Japan | 15 | 1:8,522,953 | 44,380 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Wadaï (7) & Wadaî (2) are calculated separately.
Wadai (493) may also be a first name.
Wadai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wadai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wadai (Marathi: वाढई) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Wadaï or Wadaî. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wadai is the 524,446th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 11,773,095 people. The last name Wadai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Wadai reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 382,601st most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 493 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 275 people, or 1 in 644,155. In Nigeria Wadai is most common in: Borno, where 65 percent reside, Adamawa, where 9 percent reside and Yobe, where 9 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 16 countries. It is also common in India, where 26 percent reside and Benin, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wadai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wadai in the Marathi language | ||
| वाढई | vadha'i | 83.49 |
| वाडई | vada'i | 11.01 |
| वादाई | vada'i | 0.92 |
| वडई | vada'i | 0.92 |
| दादाजी | dadaji | 0.92 |
| वाडी | vadi | 0.92 |
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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 Wadai
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