Wednesday Surname

510,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 640 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wednesday Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wednesday Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda3511:111,22310,837
Nigeria2851:621,55429,491
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Wednesday (1,333) may also be a first name.

Wednesday Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wednesday Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wednesday is found most in Uganda. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wednesday? popularity and diffusion

Wednesday is the 510,931st most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 11,386,790 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wednesday live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 215,140th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 1,333 people.

This surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 351 people, or 1 in 111,223. In Uganda Wednesday is mostly found in: Isingiro District, where 25 percent are found, Kanungu District, where 13 percent are found and Kamwenge District, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Uganda it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 45 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wednessday952/
Wednestday951/
Wednesdaye951/
Wednesiday951/
Wednesda941/
Wednasday891/
Wedensday891/
Wednesde821/

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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 Wednesday
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