Wagada Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Wagada Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 60 | 1:319,867 | 9,444 |
| Uganda | 26 | 1:1,501,511 | 54,973 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
Wagada (186) may also be a first name.
Wagada Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wagada Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wagada is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wagada? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wagada is the 1,785,358th most common last name in the world, held by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wagada are found; 70 percent are found in West Africa and 61 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Wagada is also the 667,122nd most frequently used given name throughout the world, borne by 186 people.
It is most numerous in Niger, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 319,867. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Diffa Region, where 98 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Niger Wagada occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 25 percent are found and Cameroon, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Wagada
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