Weddou Surname
Approximately 241 people bear this surname
Weddou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 240 | 1:17,062 | 1,590 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Weddou (105) may also be a first name.
Weddou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weddou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Weddou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺩﻭ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Weddou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Weddou is the 1,041,601st most common surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 30,238,780 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Weddou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 920,134th most frequent forename at a global level It is held by 105 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 240 people, or 1 in 17,062. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 39 percent are found, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 18 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Morocco, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Weddou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Weddou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺩﻭ | wdw | 96.46 |
| ﻭﺩ | wd | 3.54 |
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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 Weddou
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