Abu Shihab Surname
Approximately 2,476 people bear this surname
Abu Shihab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1,373 | 1:66,960 | 6,238 |
| Palestine | 724 | 1:6,283 | 1,370 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Israel | 19 | 1:450,402 | 34,739 |
Abu Shihab (741) may also be a first name.
Abu Shihab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abu Shihab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abu Shihab occurs most in Egypt. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abu Shihab? popularity and diffusion
Abu Shihab is the 173,529th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,943,274 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Abu Shihab reside; 55 percent reside in North Africa and 55 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Abu Shihab is also the 302,221st most frequent forename at a global level It is held by 741 people.
Abu Shihab is most widespread in Egypt, where it is carried by 1,373 people, or 1 in 66,960. Without taking into account Egypt Abu Shihab exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Palestine, where 29 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abushihab | 95 | 14 | / |
| Abu Sihab | 95 | 9 | / |
| Abou Shihab | 95 | 3 | / |
| Abu Shehab | 90 | 749 | / |
| Abu Shahab | 90 | 3 | / |
| Abu Siab | 89 | 1 | / |
| Abushehab | 84 | 38 | / |
| Abushahab | 84 | 6 | / |
| Abo Shehab | 80 | 12 | / |
| Abu-Shehab | 80 | 5 | / |
| Aboushahab | 80 | 1 | / |
| Abu Siaf | 78 | 1 | / |
| Abu Shahiba | 76 | 9 | / |
| Aboshehab | 74 | 5 | / |
| Aboshahab | 74 | 1 | / |
| Abushuheb | 74 | 1 | / |
| Abooshahab | 70 | 2 | / |
| Abo Shaheba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abu Sayyaf | 60 | 4 | / |
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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 Abu Shihab
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