Wedae Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Wedae Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wedae Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Wedae (11) may also be a first name.

Wedae Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wedae (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺩﺍﺩ) is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wedae? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wedae is the 10,311,814th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Wedae live; 33 percent live in East Africa and 33 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most common given name worldwide, borne by 11 people.

The last name is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 55,718,059. In England it is mostly found in: Greater London, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account England this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 33 percent reside and Mauritania, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waedae9130/
Wehdae911/
Widae80103/
Wadae8079/
Wedoe8023/
Wedeu8012/
Vedae801/
Wadhae7333/
Wedahi7312/
Wadahe734/
Vedaee733/
Weadoe732/
Whadae731/
Weudeu731/
Wedeuh731/
Widaer731/
Waidae731/
Wetdoe731/
Wadaeh731/
Weddoe731/
Waadae731/
Bedaea731/
Weddahi673/
Wedeuje671/
Wadajie671/
Wadaaye671/
Vhedaee671/
Weahdoe671/
Weidahi671/
Widdaes670/

Wedae Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wedae in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻭﺩﺍﺩwdad-

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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 Wedae
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