Wab Surname

509,082nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 643 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Philippines

Wab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan2641:676,68110,332
Philippines2501:404,95351,672
India491:15,654,396253,566
Malaysia271:1,092,37948,277
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
England11:55,718,059489,080
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wahb862,763/
Whab861,744/
Waab8699/
Waib8698/
Wabø8632/
Wajb8616/
Wasb8611/
Weab863/
Wabt862/
Hwab862/
Waub862/
Wwab861/
Waeb861/
Wabh861/
Wabd861/
Wuab861/
Wahab75354,730/
Whaab7543/
Whaib7542/
Wasbø7525/
Wahub7515/
Whahb759/
Wauhb754/
Waahb753/
Wheab752/
Hwaib752/
Whaeb752/
Wabsh752/
Whhab751/
Wahbh751/
Wabss751/
Waubh751/
Whabd751/
Wahhb751/
Weasb751/
Wabpe750/
Bab6714,925/
Wahaab672,280/
Wap671,136/
Uab67191/
Wahabb67167/
Waheib67153/
Vab6799/
Web6779/
Wahaib6764/
Whahab6716/
Wob6715/
Wahahb6714/
Waahab6714/
Hwahab676/
Wahabh675/
Wwahab674/
Whaaab671/
Waybht671/
Wouhab671/
Wuahab671/
Wahabd671/
Wahabt671/

Wab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wab in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻭﺍﺏwab-
Wab in the Tibetan language
ཝབ།wab-
Wab in the Bengali language
ওয়াবoyaba-
Wab in the Oriya language
ୱାବwaba-
Wab in the Arabic language
وابwab-

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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
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  • 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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