Wedala Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Wedala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 191 | 1:204,394 | 16,279 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Wedala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wedala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wedala occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wedala? popularity and diffusion
Wedala is the 1,218,745th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. The last name Wedala occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wedala are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 68 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Wedala is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 191 people, or 1 in 204,394. In Uganda Wedala is mostly concentrated in: Mbale District, where 68 percent live, Sironko District, where 16 percent live and Butaleja District, where 7 percent live. Not including Uganda this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
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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 Wedala
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