Wedan Surname
Approximately 638 people bear this surname
Wedan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 228 | 1:1,589,732 | 106,920 |
| Yemen | 226 | 1:116,926 | 6,538 |
| Mauritania | 70 | 1:58,498 | 4,137 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| Austria | 21 | 1:405,497 | 41,758 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wedan (132) may also be a first name.
Wedan Demographics
Average Wedan Salary in
United States
$56,648 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wedan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wedan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wedan (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺩﺍﻥ, Oriya: େୱଦନ) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wedan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 512,152nd most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 11,422,486 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 44 percent of Wedan live; 38 percent live in West Asia and 37 percent live in Anglo-North America. Wedan is also the 807,735th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 132 people.
Wedan is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 228 people, or 1 in 1,589,732. In The United States it is most numerous in: Minnesota, where 23 percent live, Kansas, where 16 percent live and Wisconsin, where 14 percent live. Apart from The United States Wedan is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 35 percent live and Mauritania, where 11 percent live.
Wedan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wedan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wedan surname grew 22,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wedan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wedan last name are 1.38% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.85% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wedan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 31.28% more than the national average, earning $56,648 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.89% more than the national average, earning $62,050 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wedan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wedan in the Oriya language | ||
| େୱଦନ | ewadana | - |
| Wedan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺩﺍﻥ | wdan | 96.43 |
| ﺍﻟﻮﺩﺍﻥ | alwdan | 3.57 |
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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 Wedan
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