Elwhab Surname

650,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 465 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Elwhab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elwhab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt4581:200,73314,525
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Elwhab Last Name Facts

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

The last name Elwhab (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻮﻫﺎﺏ) is found most in Egypt. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Elwhab? popularity and diffusion

The last name Elwhab is the 650,013th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 15,672,142 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Elwhab reside; 99 percent reside in North Africa and 99 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Egypt, where it is carried by 458 people, or 1 in 200,733. Barring Egypt it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent live and Mauritania, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elwahab923,621/
Aelwahab864/
Elwahaab861/
Alwhab83209/
Elhbab839/
Alwahab77852/
Elouhab774/
Alwhaib772/
Elhbaib771/
Elwahap771/
Elbab73845/
Alwab7312/
Elwaw737/
Elwap737/
Elwaf734/
Alwahaab71497/
Alwuhaib71420/
Alwahaib7151/
Alwahabh711/
Allwahab711/
Alhwahab711/
Elweaf674/
Elwafe674/
Elwaif672/
Jelbab671/
Alwahb671/
El'bab671/

Elwhab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Elwhab in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻮﻫﺎﺏalwhab-

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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 Elwhab
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