Wedze Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Wedze Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wedze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon261:798,81055,510
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446

Wedze Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wedze is found most in Cameroon. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wedze? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,665,662nd most common family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wedze live; 90 percent live in Central Africa and 90 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Wedze is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon Wedze is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 92 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 4 percent reside and West Region, where 4 percent reside. Not including Cameroon Wedze occurs in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weze89279/
Wezee80305/
Wedza80148/
Weize8037/
Wheze8036/
Wadze8029/
Widze8022/
Wezeh8016/
Bedze8015/
Wehze8012/
Wetze8011/
Wezey8011/
Wezeu8011/
Wieze8010/
Wezse809/
Wedzi808/
Weeze808/
Vedze806/
Waeze803/
Wezhe802/
Wezea802/
Hweze802/
Weuze802/
Wezei801/
Wueze801/
Weaze801/
Weyze801/
Wodze801/
Wezie801/
Wouedzeh771/
Weitze73685/
Hwedza73122/
Hwidze7354/
Bedzei7350/
Wetzie7336/
Wezzeh7320/
Hwedzi7316/
Weizhe7310/
Bedzey738/
Whedza737/
Weczer737/
Wedset736/
Whidze736/
Weytze736/
Weezie735/
Woezee735/
Bedzie734/
Whetze733/
Wodzie732/
Wedsey732/
Wehzee731/
Wietze731/
Weazey731/
Weezee731/
Wezzie731/
Weizze731/
Weedzi731/
Woetze731/
Woezie731/
Wodzeu731/
Vedzeu731/
Whezie731/
Wezieh731/
Wetzez731/
Weizeh731/
Wehzie731/
Wezeeh731/
Whezeh731/
Waze67582/
Wize67424/
Wezi67372/
Wece67368/
Veze67234/
Wyze6752/
Woze6731/
Weiczer6718/
Wedzich675/
Ueze675/
Wetzger673/
Weidche672/
Weadeji671/
Weitzez671/
Weazeah671/
Wehzieh671/
Wezy671/
Weitzes670/
Weitzey670/
Weitzee670/

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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 Wedze
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