Wadih Surname
Approximately 7,240 people bear this surname
Wadih Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 3,626 | 1:9,658 | 765 |
| Egypt | 1,952 | 1:47,098 | 4,665 |
| Morocco | 1,227 | 1:28,098 | 4,481 |
| Lebanon | 138 | 1:40,848 | 3,720 |
| France | 100 | 1:664,227 | 85,408 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| Syria | 27 | 1:714,853 | 5,897 |
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| Yemen | 20 | 1:1,321,265 | 11,943 |
| United States | 20 | 1:18,122,947 | 588,089 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Oman | 11 | 1:335,270 | 4,992 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Wadih (20,304) may also be a first name.
Wadih Demographics
Wadih Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Wadih Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wadih Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wadih (Arabic: وديع) is most common in Iraq. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wadih click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadih? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 68,608th most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,006,567 people. The last name Wadih occurs predominantly in Asia, where 54 percent of Wadih reside; 53 percent reside in West Asia and 52 percent reside in Levant. Wadih is also the 37,384th most common first name worldwide, borne by 20,304 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Iraq, where it is carried by 3,626 people, or 1 in 9,658. Besides Iraq this last name occurs in 31 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 27 percent reside and Morocco, where 17 percent reside.
Wadih Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Maronite (71%) in Lebanon.
Wadih earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 52.96% more than the national average, earning $66,000 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wadih Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wadih in the Arabic language | ||
| وديع | wdy | - |
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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 Wadih
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