Wado Surname
Approximately 3,578 people bear this surname
Wado Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,932 | 1:50,490 | 5,344 |
| Pakistan | 641 | 1:278,696 | 6,022 |
| Cameroon | 280 | 1:74,175 | 9,224 |
| Thailand | 229 | 1:308,464 | 53,166 |
| Philippines | 142 | 1:712,945 | 71,974 |
| Indonesia | 88 | 1:1,502,832 | 101,066 |
| Papua New Guinea | 64 | 1:127,402 | 17,396 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Niger | 34 | 1:564,471 | 14,312 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Tanzania | 17 | 1:3,114,213 | 50,054 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Solomon Islands | 8 | 1:72,504 | 14,153 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 1:1,859,951 | 94,590 |
Wado (4,026) may also be a first name.
Wado Demographics
Average Wado Salary in
United States
$58,559 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wado Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wado Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wado (Oriya: ୱାେଦା) is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wado.
How Common Is The Last Name Wado? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 126,899th most prevalent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,036,765 people. Wado occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Wado are found; 55 percent are found in East Africa and 54 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 109,997th most common forename internationally, borne by 4,026 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,932 people, or 1 in 50,490. Outside of Ethiopia this surname is found in 34 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 18 percent are found and Cameroon, where 8 percent are found.
Wado Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wado has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wado surname declined 22 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wado Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Wado are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wado earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 42.96% less than the national average, earning 197,391 kr per year and in United States they earn 35.71% more than the national average, earning $58,559 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wado Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wado in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାେଦା | waeda | - |
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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 Wado
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