Wadanabe Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Wadanabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wadanabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan191:6,728,64742,320
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Wadanabe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wadanabe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wadanabe is more commonly found in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wadanabe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wadanabe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,307,654th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Wadanabe occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Wadanabe live; 90 percent live in East Asia and 90 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

This last name is most widely held in Japan, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 6,728,647. In Japan Wadanabe is mostly concentrated in: Ibaraki Prefecture, where 95 percent reside and Tokyo Metropolis, where 5 percent reside. Besides Japan this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Badanabi754/
Badanave752/
Vadanave751/
Badhanave711/
Vadanabhai67270/
Badanabhai677/
Badanove631/
Vadanava631/
Vadannabhai631/
Wadoungaboy631/
Badanawy631/
Vadangavi593/
Boudanaby591/
Bodounabe591/
Badaynavaj561/
Badanovy5016/

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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 Wadanabe
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