El-Wahab Surname

648,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 467 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Wahab Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Wahab 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
Egypt4581:200,73314,525
England61:9,286,343223,652
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El-Wahab Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Wahab Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name El-Wahab is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Wahab? popularity and diffusion

El-Wahab is the 648,005th most frequently held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 15,605,023 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of El-Wahab reside; 98 percent reside in North Africa and 98 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is carried by 458 people, or 1 in 200,733. Outside of Egypt this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 0 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
El-Wahaab944/
El-Whab931/
El Wahab8825,132/
El Wahaab821/
El Whab80122/
El Whaab751/
El Bahab751/
El-Bab718/
El Waheeb714/
El Waib674/
El Ouhab631/
El Bab57257/
El Wob575/
El-Bob574/
El-Beib5314/
El Baib532/
El-Boub531/
El Hboub501/
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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 El-Wahab
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