Wadza Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Wadza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 31 | 1:498,008 | 41,116 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Wadza (58) may also be a first name.
Wadza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wadza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wadza is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wadza click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadza? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,055,934th most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Wadza is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Wadza live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 58 people.
The last name Wadza is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 498,008. In Zimbabwe Wadza is most frequent in: Masvingo Province, where 48 percent reside, Harare Province, where 42 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 3 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 5 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Wadza
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