Wedhe Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Wedhe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 1:593,778 | 45,605 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wedhe (16) may also be a first name.
Wedhe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wedhe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wedhe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺩﻩ, Marathi: वेढे) is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wedhe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wedhe is the 2,718,172nd most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Wedhe reside; 51 percent reside in Southern Africa and 51 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Wedhe is also the 2,786,762nd most common first name at a global level, held by 16 people.
The surname Wedhe is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 593,778. In Zimbabwe Wedhe is most common in: Midlands Province, where 58 percent live, Bulawayo Province, where 38 percent live and Matabeleland North Province, where 4 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 25 percent live and Mauritania, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wedhe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wedhe in the Marathi language | ||
| वेढे | vedhe | - |
| Wedhe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺩﻩ | wdh | 75 |
| ﻭﺩﻫﺎ | wdha | 16.67 |
| ﻭﺩﻫﻪ | wdhh | 8.33 |
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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
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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 Wedhe
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