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།) occurs most in Pakistan. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wab.
How Common Is The Last Name Wab? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 509,082nd most frequent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 11,333,664 people. The last name Wab is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Wab reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 42 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 547,545th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 264 people.
This surname is most numerous in Pakistan, where it is held by 264 people, or 1 in 676,681. In Pakistan it is mostly concentrated in: Sindh, where 45 percent are found, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 43 percent are found and Punjab, where 7 percent are found. Beside Pakistan it is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 39 percent are found and India, where 8 percent are found.
Wab Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wab has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Wab surname 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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