Wab Surname
Approximately 643 people bear this surname
Wab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 264 | 1:676,681 | 10,332 |
| Philippines | 250 | 1:404,953 | 51,672 |
| India | 49 | 1:15,654,396 | 253,566 |
| Malaysia | 27 | 1:1,092,379 | 48,277 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
Wab (264) may also be a first name.
Wab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wab (Arabic: واب, Bengali: ওয়াব, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺏ, Oriya: ୱାବ, Tibetan: ཝབ།) is found in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wab? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 509,082nd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 11,333,664 people. The surname Wab occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Wab live; 50 percent live in South Asia and 42 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 547,545th most frequently used given name in the world It is held by 264 people.
This surname is most widespread in Pakistan, where it is held by 264 people, or 1 in 676,681. In Pakistan Wab is most numerous in: Sindh, where 45 percent live, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 43 percent live and Punjab, where 7 percent live. Excluding Pakistan this last name exists in 19 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 39 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.
Wab Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wab has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Wab last name declined 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wahb | 86 | 2,763 | / |
| Whab | 86 | 1,744 | / |
| Waab | 86 | 99 | / |
| Waib | 86 | 98 | / |
| Wabø | 86 | 32 | / |
| Wajb | 86 | 16 | / |
| Wasb | 86 | 11 | / |
| Weab | 86 | 3 | / |
| Wabt | 86 | 2 | / |
| Hwab | 86 | 2 | / |
| Waub | 86 | 2 | / |
| Wwab | 86 | 1 | / |
| Waeb | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wabh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wabd | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wuab | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wahab | 75 | 354,730 | / |
| Whaab | 75 | 43 | / |
| Whaib | 75 | 42 | / |
| Wasbø | 75 | 25 | / |
| Wahub | 75 | 15 | / |
| Whahb | 75 | 9 | / |
| Wauhb | 75 | 4 | / |
| Waahb | 75 | 3 | / |
| Wheab | 75 | 2 | / |
| Hwaib | 75 | 2 | / |
| Whaeb | 75 | 2 | / |
| Wabsh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Whhab | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wahbh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wabss | 75 | 1 | / |
| Waubh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Whabd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wahhb | 75 | 1 | / |
| Weasb | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wabpe | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bab | 67 | 14,925 | / |
| Wahaab | 67 | 2,280 | / |
| Wap | 67 | 1,136 | / |
| Uab | 67 | 191 | / |
| Wahabb | 67 | 167 | / |
| Waheib | 67 | 153 | / |
| Vab | 67 | 99 | / |
| Web | 67 | 79 | / |
| Wahaib | 67 | 64 | / |
| Whahab | 67 | 16 | / |
| Wob | 67 | 15 | / |
| Wahahb | 67 | 14 | / |
| Waahab | 67 | 14 | / |
| Hwahab | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wahabh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wwahab | 67 | 4 | / |
| Whaaab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waybht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wouhab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuahab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wahabd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wahabt | 67 | 1 | / |
Wab Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wab in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﺏ | wab | - |
| Wab in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཝབ། | wab | - |
| Wab in the Bengali language | ||
| ওয়াব | oyaba | - |
| Wab in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାବ | waba | - |
| Wab in the Arabic language | ||
| واب | wab | - |
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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 Wab
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