Wedraogo Surname
Approximately 789 people bear this surname
Wedraogo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 758 | 1:24,211 | 1,541 |
| Ivory Coast | 22 | 1:1,048,692 | 25,281 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Wédraogo (1) are calculated separately.
Wedraogo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wedraogo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wedraogo occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Wédraogo. For other possible spellings of Wedraogo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wedraogo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wedraogo is the 435,329th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 9,236,433 people. The surname Wedraogo occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wedraogo are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Wedraogo is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 758 people, or 1 in 24,211. In Burkina Faso it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 60 percent live, Centre-Nord Region, where 22 percent live and Plateau-Central Region, where 8 percent live. Barring Burkina Faso it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wédraogo | 96 | 1 | / |
| Wuedraogo | 94 | 1 | / |
| Wouedraogo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Uedraogo | 88 | 190 | / |
| Wodraogo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ouedraogo | 82 | 1,721,248 | / |
| Oueddraogo | 78 | 81 | / |
| Ouedreaogo | 78 | 46 | / |
| Ouedraaogo | 78 | 34 | / |
| Ouedraogho | 78 | 25 | / |
| Ouedraogoo | 78 | 21 | / |
| Ouedrraogo | 78 | 19 | / |
| Ouedraoogo | 78 | 15 | / |
| Ouedraoggo | 78 | 5 | / |
| Ouedrahogo | 78 | 4 | / |
| Ouedraogou | 78 | 3 | / |
| Houedraogo | 78 | 3 | / |
| Ouedraogoi | 78 | 2 | / |
| Ouedraogod | 78 | 2 | / |
| Ouedraoigo | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ouedroago | 71 | 442 | / |
| Ouedraoga | 71 | 233 | / |
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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 Wedraogo
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