Waidu Surname
Approximately 297 people bear this surname
Waidu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 291 | 1:608,738 | 29,024 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Waidu (132) may also be a first name.
Waidu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waidu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waidu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Waidu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waidu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 899,940th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Waidu live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 807,735th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 132 people.
Waidu is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 291 people, or 1 in 608,738. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 50 percent reside, Adamawa, where 33 percent reside and Kaduna, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 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
- 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 Waidu
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