Wedah Surname
Approximately 230 people bear this surname
Wedah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wedah (110) may also be a first name.
Wedah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wedah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wedah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺩﺍﻩ) has its highest incidence in Saudi Arabia. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wedah.
How Common Is The Last Name Wedah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wedah is the 1,076,574th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,684,982 people. The surname Wedah is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Wedah are found; 87 percent are found in West Asia and 87 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 895,203rd most commonly occurring given name internationally, held by 110 people.
This surname is most common in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 199 people, or 1 in 155,054. Outside of Saudi Arabia Wedah occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 10 percent are found and Mauritania, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wedah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wedah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺩﺍﻩ | wdah | - |
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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 Wedah
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