El Waha Surname

418,547th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 830 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Waha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Waha 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
Egypt8241:111,5739,244
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Waha (40) may also be a first name.

El Waha Last Name Facts

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

El Waha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻮﺍﺡ) occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name El Waha? popularity and diffusion

The surname El Waha is the 418,547th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 8,780,176 people. The surname El Waha is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of El Waha reside; 99 percent reside in North Africa and 99 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. El Waha is also the 1,614,485th most frequent first name internationally, held by 40 people.

The last name El Waha is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is held by 824 people, or 1 in 111,573. Outside of Egypt it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found and Mauritania, 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 Wahat936/
El Wahah934/
El Wahad931/
El Wah921/
El Wahaat881/
El Wahash881/
El Wahaie881/
El Wahy869/
El Wahd864/
El What862/
El Waai861/
El Wahsh805,984/
El Bahay80247/
El Bahai801/
El Hwahy801/
El Bahah801/
El Bahaa801/
El Baa77208/
El Waj7733/
El Wai7713/
El Uaa774/
El Bahahy752/
El Baaj71518/
El Huaa71122/
El Beah71122/
El Waiz71122/
El Wadd714/
El Huah714/
El Bayh711/
El Waid711/
El-Wahy711/
El Baih711/
El Bahey67465/
El-Wahsh67278/
El Hwait67244/
El Bahij67144/
El-Bahay6713/
El Hwais6713/
El Ba675/
El Va675/
El Huayh674/
El Uahsh674/
El-Wahey671/
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El Waha Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Waha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻮﺍﺡalwah-

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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 Waha
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