Wadiru Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wadiru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wadiru Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda521:750,75536,601
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Wadiru Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wadiru is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wadiru? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wadiru is the 2,605,694th most widely held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Wadiru is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wadiru live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Uganda, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 750,755. In Uganda it is most common in: Arua District, where 67 percent reside, Maracha District, where 15 percent reside and Buikwe District, where 4 percent reside. Besides Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 4 percent reside and Norway, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wadirou929/
Waidiru921/
Badiru836,199/
Waderu8321/
Waduru8317/
Badirou77726/
Waderup779/
Bahdiru774/
Badairu773/
Baadiru772/
Vaddiru771/
Baddiru771/
Baidiru771/
Badirau771/
Badirui771/
Badairou711/
Baderu67560/
Vaduru6776/
Vaderu678/
Woduru671/
Weduru671/
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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 Wadiru
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