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 last name Wadaye (Marathi: वाडये) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wadaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,338,236th most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. Wadaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Wadaye live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 51 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 491,536th most widely held given name worldwide, held by 319 people.
The last name Wadaye is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 2,084,032. In Nigeria Wadaye is most frequent in: Bauchi, where 48 percent are found, Jigawa, where 44 percent are found and Yobe, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found 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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