Wedahi Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Wedahi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Wedahi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wedahi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wedahi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺩﺍﻫﻲ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wedahi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wedahi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Wedahi is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wedahi reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
Wedahi is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania Wedahi is most frequent in: Brakna Region, where 82 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 9 percent reside and Trarza Region, where 9 percent reside. Barring Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wedahi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wedahi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺩﺍﻫﻲ | wdahy | - |
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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 Wedahi
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