Wadw Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Wadw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Wadw (15) may also be a first name.
Wadw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wadw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wadw occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadw? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,882,373rd most frequent surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Wadw reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name globally, borne by 15 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kogi, where 50 percent are found, Kaduna, where 36 percent are found and Benue, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 4 percent are found and Pakistan, where 4 percent are found.
Wadw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wadw has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wadw last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wadw
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