Abd Wahab Surname
Approximately 1,974 people bear this surname
Abd Wahab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1,531 | 1:19,265 | 1,826 |
| Brunei | 377 | 1:1,111 | 221 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Abd Wahab (8,772) may also be a first name.
Abd Wahab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abd Wahab Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abd Wahab occurs most in Malaysia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Abd Wahab click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abd Wahab? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 209,351st most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 3,691,766 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Abd Wahab live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 66,862nd most commonly occurring given name world-wide, borne by 8,772 people.
The surname Abd Wahab is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is carried by 1,531 people, or 1 in 19,265. In Malaysia it is most common in: Selangor, where 24 percent are found, Johor, where 10 percent are found and Pahang, where 9 percent are found. Not including Malaysia this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Brunei, where 19 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Abd Wahab
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis