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 most common in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadza? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,055,934th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name 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 frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 58 people.
This last name is most widely held 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 live, Harare Province, where 42 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 3 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 5 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 percent live.
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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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