Wedady Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Wedady Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 63 | 1:64,998 | 4,484 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
Wedady (18) may also be a first name.
Wedady Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wedady Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wedady (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺩﺍﺩﻱ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wedady? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,333,370th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wedady reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Wedady is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 18 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 64,998. In Mauritania Wedady is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 29 percent are found, Tagant Region, where 21 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Mauritania Wedady is found in one country. It also occurs in Egypt, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weddady | 92 | 54 | / |
| Wedadi | 83 | 109 | / |
| Wedade | 83 | 59 | / |
| Bedady | 83 | 23 | / |
| Widady | 83 | 18 | / |
| Wodady | 83 | 5 | / |
| Wadady | 83 | 5 | / |
| Vedady | 83 | 4 | / |
| Wedada | 83 | 3 | / |
| Widadyo | 77 | 64 | / |
| Weddadi | 77 | 21 | / |
| Widaday | 77 | 11 | / |
| Weddade | 77 | 5 | / |
| Weedadi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Weidadi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Weidade | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wadadiy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Beidady | 77 | 1 | / |
| Widadi | 67 | 3,546 | / |
| Widada | 67 | 1,999 | / |
| Vedadi | 67 | 1,250 | / |
| Bedade | 67 | 1,239 | / |
| Wydadi | 67 | 1,135 | / |
| Bedadi | 67 | 575 | / |
| Widade | 67 | 136 | / |
| Vedada | 67 | 58 | / |
| Wadade | 67 | 46 | / |
| Wadadi | 67 | 23 | / |
| Vadady | 67 | 19 | / |
| Wedede | 67 | 9 | / |
| Vedade | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bidady | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wydade | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wedode | 67 | 1 | / |
Wedady Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wedady in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺩﺍﺩﻱ | wdady | 89.19 |
| ﻭﺩﺍﺩﻯ | wdady | 8.11 |
| ﻭﺍﺩﺍﺩﻯ | wadady | 2.7 |
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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 Wedady
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