El Wahab Surname
Approximately 25,132 people bear this surname
El Wahab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 18,621 | 1:1,037 | 130 |
| Jordan | 2,292 | 1:3,858 | 792 |
| Iraq | 1,263 | 1:27,729 | 1,399 |
| Lebanon | 851 | 1:6,624 | 1,093 |
| Yemen | 835 | 1:31,647 | 2,956 |
| Egypt | 671 | 1:137,013 | 10,788 |
| Mauritania | 220 | 1:18,613 | 1,703 |
| United Arab Emirates | 209 | 1:43,839 | 4,438 |
| Kuwait | 145 | 1:26,212 | 3,463 |
| Palestine | 10 | 1:454,885 | 12,564 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 1:76,328 | 12,820 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
El Wahab (15) may also be a first name.
El Wahab Demographics
El Wahab Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
El Wahab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Wahab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name El Wahab has its highest incidence in Syria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name El Wahab? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 21,655th most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 289,971 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of El Wahab are found; 96 percent are found in West Asia and 92 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 15 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Syria, where it is borne by 18,621 people, or 1 in 1,037. In Syria El Wahab is most numerous in: Aleppo Governorate, where 38 percent live, Damascus Governorate, where 29 percent live and Hama Governorate, where 9 percent live. Beside Syria El Wahab is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 9 percent live and Iraq, where 5 percent live.
El Wahab Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the El Wahab last name is principally Sunni (96%) in Lebanon.
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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
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