Wed Surname

469,804th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 715 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Wed Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wed Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt4881:188,39313,801
Indonesia1361:972,42171,642
Philippines271:3,749,564153,425
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
United States101:36,245,893832,629
India81:95,883,173728,828
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Wed (10,971) may also be a first name.

Wed Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wed (Hindi: वेद, Oriya: େୱଡ୍) is most common in Egypt. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wed? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 469,804th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,192,372 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Wed reside; 68 percent reside in North Africa and 68 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 57,600th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 10,971 people.

The last name Wed is most widely held in Egypt, where it is borne by 488 people, or 1 in 188,393. Aside from Egypt it occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 19 percent are found and The Philippines, where 4 percent are found.

Wed Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wed has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wed last name decreased 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wed Last Name Statistics demography

Wed earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 20.38% more than the national average, earning $51,944 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weed8612,374/
Wied863,446/
Wedd861,292/
Weid861,080/
Wead86492/
Whed86155/
Wedø86121/
Weyd8653/
Wedh8611/
Wedt864/
Wedå861/
Wued860/
Weidt751,008/
Wheed75880/
Weydt75198/
Wiedt7595/
Weadd757/
Whied755/
Hweed754/
Whead753/
Weedt752/
Wedch751/
Weddd751/
Weidd751/
Whedh751/
Wechd751/
Weudt751/
Weeyd751/
Wheid751/
Weads751/
Ved679,434/
Bed673,661/
Wet671,299/
Waheid67667/
Wid67265/
Weydts6744/
Weijdt6729/
Wjd6717/
Weydtt6713/
Weidås6711/
Ued678/
Wyd676/
Wheedh672/
Wesdpp671/
Weidtz671/
Whiedt671/
Weidth670/

Wed Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wed in the Hindi language
वेदveda-
Wed in the Oriya language
େୱଡ୍ewad50
େୱଦewada50

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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 Wed
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