Wadaye Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Wadaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 85 | 1:2,084,032 | 72,421 |
| India | 47 | 1:16,320,540 | 259,912 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Wadaye (319) may also be a first name.
Wadaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wadaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wadaye (Marathi: वाडये) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadaye? popularity and diffusion
Wadaye is the 1,338,236th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Wadaye reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 491,536th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 319 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 2,084,032. In Nigeria Wadaye is most numerous in: Bauchi, where 48 percent are found, Jigawa, where 44 percent are found and Yobe, where 6 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 28 percent are found and Niger, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wadaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wadaye in the Marathi language | ||
| वाडये | vadaye | 57.14 |
| वडये | vadaye | 35.71 |
| वादये | vadaye | 7.14 |
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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 Wadaye
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