Weddady Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Weddady Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weddady Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania521:78,7475,195
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Weddady (14) may also be a first name.

Weddady Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Weddady Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Weddady (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺩﺍﺩﻱ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Weddady? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,635,433rd most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. The surname Weddady is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Weddady live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Weddady is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 14 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 78,747. In Mauritania Weddady is mostly concentrated in: Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 35 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 33 percent reside and Tagant Region, where 13 percent reside. Barring Mauritania Weddady is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wedady9267/
Weddadi8621/
Weddade865/
Wedadi77109/
Wedade7759/
Bedady7723/
Widady7718/
Wodady775/
Wadady775/
Vedady774/
Wedada773/
Widadyo7164/
Beddadi7139/
Widaday7111/
Widdada718/
Waddadi717/
Beddade713/
Veddadi711/
Weedadi711/
Weidadi711/
Weidade711/
Wadadiy711/
Beidady711/
Waddadhi6716/
Beddaidj674/

Weddady Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Weddady in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻭﺩﺍﺩﻱwdady82.61
ﻭﺩﺍﺩﻯwdady17.39

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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
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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 Weddady
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