Wandate Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Wandate Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wandate Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria671:2,643,92285,652
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Wandate (61) may also be a first name.

Wandate Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wandate Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wandate is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wandate? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,220,661st most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wandate reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most common given name world-wide, held by 61 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 2,643,922. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Adamawa, where 81 percent live, Kaduna, where 16 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 7 percent live and Niger, where 1 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
  • 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 Wandate
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