Weddy Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Weddy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 142 | 1:325,211 | 19,938 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Mauritania | 21 | 1:194,993 | 9,876 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Weddy (7,614) may also be a first name.
Weddy Demographics
Weddy Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Weddy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weddy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Weddy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺩﻱ) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Weddy click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weddy? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,095,216th most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Weddy live; 68 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Weddy is also the 73,450th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 7,614 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 325,211. In Kenya Weddy is most common in: Meru County, where 92 percent are found, Kilifi County, where 3 percent are found and Tharaka Nithi County, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this last name is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent are found and Mauritania, where 9 percent are found.
Weddy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Weddy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Weddy last name contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Weddy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Weddy last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Weddy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Weddy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺩﻱ | wdy | - |
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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 Weddy
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