Wedda Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Wedda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 92 | 1:183,556 | 26,152 |
| United States | 25 | 1:14,498,357 | 517,445 |
| Mauritania | 20 | 1:204,743 | 10,209 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wedda (30) may also be a first name.
Wedda Demographics
Average Wedda Salary in
United States
$45,031 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wedda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wedda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wedda (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺩ) has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wedda click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wedda? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,359,010th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Wedda reside; 57 percent reside in Western Europe and 56 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Wedda is also the 1,911,214th most widespread given name at a global level. It is borne by 30 people.
The surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 183,556. In The Netherlands Wedda is mostly concentrated in: Groningen, where 43 percent reside, South Holland, where 17 percent reside and Gelderland, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands it is found in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent reside and Mauritania, where 12 percent reside.
Wedda Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wedda has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 2,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wedda Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wedda last name are 30.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the party.
Wedda earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.36% more than the national average, earning $45,031 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wedda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wedda in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺩ | wd | 60 |
| ﻭﺩﻩ | wdh | 40 |
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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 Wedda
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