Weydow Surname

885,573rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 304 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Weydow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weydow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia2941:45,7552,122
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
England21:27,859,030389,889
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Weydow Last Name Facts

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

Weydow occurs more in Somalia more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Weydow? popularity and diffusion

The last name Weydow is the 885,573rd most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,972,191 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Weydow live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in Cushitic Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in Somalia, where it is carried by 294 people, or 1 in 45,755. Other than Somalia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wedow91688/
Wydow9110/
Wiedow83568/
Weidow83402/
Wydouw8391/
Waedow838/
Weadow833/
Waydow831/
Weedow831/
Wehdow831/
Wetdow830/
Wedows830/
Whedow830/
Wiedouw7711/
Wheadow772/
Weidowe771/
Weidoew771/
Wahydow771/
Weiodow770/
Weadows770/
Weddows770/
Widow73386/
Wädow734/
Wydów731/
Wadow731/
Wedaw731/
Weidaw67148/
Beadow6752/
Wedoff6745/
Wydauw6731/
Widdow6710/
Beydov679/
Wadoww674/
Widowa673/
Wydoff673/
Wadowa672/
Wadhow671/
Viedow671/
Whadow671/
Wiedaw671/
Waidow671/
Beidow671/
Beydaw671/
Waddow671/
Weddaw670/
Wadows670/

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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 Weydow
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