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 may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wedane click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wedane? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 940,398th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 26,120,236 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wedane live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 15 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 272 people, or 1 in 15,055. In Mauritania Wedane is most common in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 52 percent live, Trarza Region, where 15 percent live and Assaba Region, where 12 percent live. Other than Mauritania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 2 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
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
- 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 Wedane
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