Wedere Surname
Approximately 1,870 people bear this surname
Wedere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,771 | 1:55,080 | 5,737 |
| Uganda | 82 | 1:476,089 | 27,837 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Wedere (18) may also be a first name.
Wedere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wedere Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wedere is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wedere? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 218,907th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 3,897,083 people. Wedere occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wedere are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Wedere is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 18 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,771 people, or 1 in 55,080. Without taking into account Ethiopia it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 4 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Wedere
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