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) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Wadaï or Wadaî. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 524,446th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,773,095 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Wadai reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wadai is also the 382,601st most common first name globally, held by 493 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 275 people, or 1 in 644,155. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Borno, where 65 percent reside, Adamawa, where 9 percent reside and Yobe, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found 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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