Waba Surname
Approximately 2,057 people bear this surname
Waba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 828 | 1:89,227 | 10,161 |
| Nigeria | 408 | 1:434,173 | 22,377 |
| Cameroon | 224 | 1:92,719 | 11,093 |
| Thailand | 156 | 1:452,810 | 79,462 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98 | 1:83,201 | 11,009 |
| Congo | 72 | 1:69,293 | 6,042 |
| Austria | 70 | 1:121,649 | 16,953 |
| United States | 59 | 1:6,143,372 | 295,589 |
| Benin | 41 | 1:252,088 | 22,137 |
| Niger | 26 | 1:738,154 | 17,467 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Waba (540) may also be a first name.
Waba Demographics
Average Waba Salary in
United States
$39,968 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Waba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺏ) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Waba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 202,451st most commonly used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 3,542,803 people. Waba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Waba live; 51 percent live in Central Africa and 51 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 362,702nd most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 540 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 828 people, or 1 in 89,227. Other than The DR Congo this surname exists in 32 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 20 percent live and Cameroon, where 11 percent live.
Waba Last Name Statistics demography
Waba earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.37% less than the national average, earning $39,968 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﺏ | wab | 66.67 |
| ﻭﺍﺑﺎ | waba | 33.33 |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Waba
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