Wawd Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Wawd Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wawd Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wawd (113) may also be a first name.

Wawd Last Name Facts

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

Wawd (Arabic: وود) is most common in Egypt. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wawd? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,403,590th most common family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wawd live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Wawd is also the 881,625th most numerous forename at a global level It is held by 113 people.

Wawd is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Outside of Egypt it is found in one country. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wahwd898/
Wahwwd803/
Wawe751,754/
Wafd7540/
Wawt7518/
Wowd752/
Wauwe67410/
Waiwe6740/
Waawe672/
Whawe672/
Bawdh671/
Wawte671/
Wawhe671/
Hwawe671/
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Wawd Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wawd in the Arabic language
وودwwd-
وعودwwd-

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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 Wawd
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