Abdulwais Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Abdulwais Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abdulwais Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan361:893,1448,921
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Abdulwais (64) may also be a first name.

Abdulwais Last Name Facts

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

The surname Abdulwais occurs more in Afghanistan more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Abdulwais? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,228,735th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Abdulwais reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Abdulwais is also the 1,223,525th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, borne by 64 people.

Abdulwais is most commonly held in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 893,144. In Afghanistan it is primarily concentrated in: Kabul, where 50 percent are found, Nangarhar, where 17 percent are found and Kapisa, where 6 percent are found. Besides Afghanistan this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Yemen, where 3 percent are found.

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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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  • 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 Abdulwais
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