Wedane Surname
Approximately 279 people bear this surname
Wedane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 272 | 1:15,055 | 1,417 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Wedane (15) may also be a first name.
Wedane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wedane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wedane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺩﺍﻥ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wedane? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 940,398th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,120,236 people. Wedane is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wedane reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Wedane is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 15 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 272 people, or 1 in 15,055. In Mauritania Wedane is most common in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 52 percent are found, Trarza Region, where 15 percent are found and Assaba Region, where 12 percent are found. Besides Mauritania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 2 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wedane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wedane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺩﺍﻥ | wdan | 97.06 |
| ﺍﻟﻮﺩﺍﻧﻰ | alwdany | 0.98 |
| ﻭﺩﺍﻧﻪ | wdanh | 0.98 |
| ﻭﺩﺍﻧﺔ | wdant | 0.98 |
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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 Wedane
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