Wazane Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Wazane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Wazane (13) may also be a first name.
Wazane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wazane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wazane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺯﺍﻥ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wazane? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Wazane occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wazane are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 13 people.
The last name Wazane is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 682,477. In Mauritania it is most common in: Gorgol Region, where 83 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 17 percent reside. Barring Mauritania Wazane is found in one country. It also occurs in Algeria, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wazane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wazane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺯﺍﻥ | wzan | - |
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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 Wazane
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