Wedam Surname
Approximately 1,137 people bear this surname
Wedam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 554 | 1:48,774 | 5,381 |
| Austria | 265 | 1:32,134 | 5,169 |
| Italy | 109 | 1:561,071 | 53,789 |
| United States | 107 | 1:3,387,467 | 192,132 |
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| Slovenia | 17 | 1:146,334 | 13,558 |
| Denmark | 14 | 1:403,194 | 27,097 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Wedam (25) may also be a first name.
Wedam Demographics
Average Wedam Salary in
United States
$42,117 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wedam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wedam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wedam has its highest incidence in Ghana. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wedam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wedam is the 326,779th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,409,451 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Wedam are found; 49 percent are found in West Africa and 49 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 25 people.
It is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is held by 554 people, or 1 in 48,774. Apart from Ghana Wedam is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 23 percent are found and Italy, where 10 percent are found.
Wedam Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wedam last name are 7.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the political party.
Wedam earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.39% less than the national average, earning $42,117 USD per year.
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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 Wedam
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