Wedø Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Wedø Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wedø Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1191:43,2126,186
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882

The alternate forms: Wed (715) are calculated separately.

Wedø Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wedø is most common in Norway. It can also occur as a variant: Wed. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wedø? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wedø is the 1,649,806th most prevalent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wedø are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

Wedø is most frequently used in Norway, where it is held by 119 people, or 1 in 43,212. In Norway Wedø is most frequent in: Central Norway, where 78 percent are found, Western Norway, where 9 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 5 percent are found. Besides Norway Wedø is found in one country. It also occurs in Denmark, where 2 percent are found.

Wedø Last Name Statistics demography

Wedø earn somewhat more than the average income. In Norway they earn 5.36% more than the national average, earning 364,630 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wed95715/
Weed7512,374/
Wied753,446/
Wedd751,292/
Weid751,080/
Wead75492/
Whed75155/
Vedø75130/
Weyd7553/
Wedh7511/
Wedt754/
Wedå751/
Wued750/
We677,667/
Weidt671,008/
Wheed67880/
Weydt67198/
Wiedt6795/
Weadd677/
Whied675/
Vedsø674/
Hweed674/
Whead673/
Weedt672/
Whedh671/
Weidd671/
Wheid671/
Weudt671/
Weeyd671/
Wechd671/
Weads671/
Weddd671/
Wedch671/

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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 Wedø
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