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) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,338,236th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. It is predominantly found 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 common given name at a global level. It is borne by 319 people.
Wadaye is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 2,084,032. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bauchi, where 48 percent reside, Jigawa, where 44 percent reside and Yobe, where 6 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 28 percent reside and Niger, where 8 percent reside.
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
- 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 Wadaye
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