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 last name Wewal (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻭﺍﻝ) is found most in Mauritania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wewal.
How Common Is The Last Name Wewal? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Wewal reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
Wewal is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 1,023,716. In Mauritania Wewal is mostly found in: Trarza Region, where 100 percent live. Barring Mauritania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent live.
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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