Wadu Surname
Approximately 3,609 people bear this surname
Wadu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 2,512 | 1:52,647 | 5,858 |
| Sri Lanka | 658 | 1:31,624 | 3,961 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Nigeria | 78 | 1:2,271,061 | 76,915 |
| India | 58 | 1:13,225,265 | 229,403 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Qatar | 47 | 1:50,170 | 4,949 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
Wadu (495) may also be a first name.
Wadu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wadu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wadu (Hindi: वाडु, Oriya: ୱାଦୁ) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wadu is the 126,021st most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,019,270 people. Wadu occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Wadu reside; 69 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 69 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 381,460th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 495 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 2,512 people, or 1 in 52,647. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 89 percent live, Jakarta, where 4 percent live and South Sulawesi, where 1 percent live. Excluding Indonesia Wadu occurs in 22 countries. It is also common in Sri Lanka, where 18 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wadu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wadu in the Hindi language | ||
| वाडु | vadu | - |
| Wadu in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାଦୁ | wadu | 75 |
| ୱାଡୁ | wadu | 25 |
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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 Wadu
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