Wedey Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Wedey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 189 | 1:62,613 | 729 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Wedey (44) may also be a first name.
Wedey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wedey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wedey is found in Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wedey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,202,518th most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 37,181,357 people. The last name Wedey occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wedey are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly held first name globally, borne by 44 people.
This last name is most common in Guinea, where it is carried by 189 people, or 1 in 62,613. In Guinea it is most common in: Nzérékoré Region, where 99 percent are found and Conakry Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
Wedey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wedey has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wedey
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