Wewal Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Wewal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Wewal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wewal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wewal (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻭﺍﻝ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wewal? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wewal is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Wewal live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 1,023,716. In Mauritania Wewal is mostly found in: Trarza Region, where 100 percent reside. Besides Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiewal | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wewale | 91 | 1 | / |
| Whewall | 83 | 91 | / |
| Wiewall | 83 | 34 | / |
| Weiwald | 83 | 2 | / |
| Weswale | 83 | 1 | / |
| Weiwall | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wewhall | 83 | 1 | / |
| Weswall | 83 | 0 | / |
| Wawal | 80 | 24 | / |
| Wywal | 80 | 18 | / |
| Wowal | 80 | 12 | / |
| Wiwal | 80 | 5 | / |
| Weval | 80 | 3 | / |
| Vewal | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wheawall | 77 | 144 | / |
| Wheewall | 77 | 29 | / |
| Weiswall | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wheewale | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wheywall | 77 | 0 | / |
| Whawal | 73 | 24 | / |
| Bewall | 73 | 21 | / |
| Wahwal | 73 | 19 | / |
| Waywal | 73 | 14 | / |
| Wevhal | 73 | 9 | / |
| Weival | 73 | 3 | / |
| Uewald | 73 | 3 | / |
| Wawwal | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wawall | 73 | 2 | / |
| Viwwal | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weyual | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wevale | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wheval | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bewail | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weball | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wiswal | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wevall | 73 | 0 | / |
| Weichwald | 71 | 85 | / |
| Waywale | 67 | 10 | / |
| Waiwale | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wahawal | 67 | 2 | / |
| Whowall | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wishwal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weaveil | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vuewall | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waiwald | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weswold | 67 | 0 | / |
Wewal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wewal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻭﺍﻝ | wwal | - |
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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 Wewal
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