Wadal Surname
Approximately 604 people bear this surname
Wadal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 433 | 1:412,572 | 7,685 |
| India | 58 | 1:13,225,265 | 229,403 |
| Cameroon | 39 | 1:532,540 | 42,124 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Wadal (1,201) may also be a first name.
Wadal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wadal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wadal (Arabic: ودال, Marathi: वडाळ) is more commonly found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadal? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 534,162nd most common family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 12,065,473 people. Wadal occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Wadal are found; 82 percent are found in South Asia and 72 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Wadal is also the 228,576th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,201 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 433 people, or 1 in 412,572. In Pakistan Wadal is mostly concentrated in: Sindh, where 100 percent are found and Punjab, where 0 percent are found. Beside Pakistan this last name is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent are found and Cameroon, where 6 percent are found.
Wadal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wadal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wadal surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wadal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wadal in the Marathi language | ||
| वडाळ | vadala | 76.92 |
| वादळ | vadala | 15.38 |
| वडाल | vadala | 7.69 |
| Wadal in the Arabic language | ||
| ودال | wdal | - |
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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 Wadal
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