Waweh Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Waweh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 15 | 1:272,991 | 12,403 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Waweh (28) may also be a first name.
Waweh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waweh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waweh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﻭﺡ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waweh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Waweh reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Waweh is also the 1,994,417th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 28 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 272,991. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 87 percent reside, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 7 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waweh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waweh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﻭﺡ | wawh | 71.43 |
| ﻭﺍﻭﻩ | wawh | 28.57 |
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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 Waweh
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