Wewah Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Wewah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 49 | 1:83,569 | 5,424 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Wewah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wewah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wewah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻭﺍﻩ) is most common in Mauritania. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wewah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wewah is the 2,530,696th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Wewah live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Wewah is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 83,569. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Tagant Region, where 47 percent live, Trarza Region, where 27 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 22 percent live. Besides Mauritania it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 12 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woewah | 91 | 19 | / |
| Wehwah | 91 | 4 | / |
| Weewah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wewahe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wewa | 89 | 586 | / |
| Weaweah | 83 | 32 | / |
| Wowah | 80 | 664 | / |
| Wawah | 80 | 310 | / |
| Weawa | 80 | 66 | / |
| Weiwa | 80 | 15 | / |
| Waewa | 80 | 12 | / |
| Wewai | 80 | 12 | / |
| Weewa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Wewoh | 80 | 2 | / |
| Weway | 80 | 1 | / |
| Whewa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hwewa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wewea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wiwaha | 73 | 790 | / |
| Wheway | 73 | 451 | / |
| Wesswa | 73 | 183 | / |
| Weawea | 73 | 81 | / |
| Weiwad | 73 | 15 | / |
| Beweah | 73 | 11 | / |
| Weswas | 73 | 8 | / |
| Woewoh | 73 | 6 | / |
| Wiwaah | 73 | 4 | / |
| Weebah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Waewoh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bewaha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wewouh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Webeah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whewha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Biweah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wohwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Beywah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weaway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wewast | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weihwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wueuah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weva | 67 | 2,446 | / |
| Wiwa | 67 | 2,047 | / |
| Wewo | 67 | 322 | / |
| Vewa | 67 | 47 | / |
| Hweahwa | 67 | 16 | / |
| Wiswash | 67 | 10 | / |
| Wiweach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wjwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wywa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wheyway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weiwadt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Behweah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weeswas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wishwah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waewwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuhebah | 67 | 1 | / |
Wewah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wewah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻭﺍﻩ | wwah | - |
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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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- 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 Wewah
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