Ah Wah Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Brunei

Ah Wah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ah Wah Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia411:719,37133,828
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Ah Wah (1,074) may also be a first name.

Ah Wah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ah Wah has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ah Wah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,876,555th most frequent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Ah Wah live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ah Wah is also the 243,917th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 1,074 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 719,371. In Malaysia Ah Wah is most prevalent in: Selangor, where 20 percent are found, Perak, where 17 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 15 percent are found. Other than Malaysia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brunei, where 9 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ah Wa918/
Ah Hwa8313/
Ah Wai839/
Ah Wat837/
Ah Way831/
Ah Ba7358/
Ah Hua6734/
Ah Baa6714/
Ah Woo673/
Ah Wei672/
Ah Voh671/
Ah Bay671/
Ah Huat6235/
Ah Huay621/
Ah Bo552/
Ah Boy504/
Ah Boo502/
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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 Ah Wah
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