Waban Surname
Approximately 572 people bear this surname
Waban Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 548 | 1:184,741 | 29,618 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Waban (38) may also be a first name.
Waban Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waban Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waban (Arabic: وبان, Marathi: वबन, Oriya: ୱାବନ) occurs most in The Philippines. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waban? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 556,360th most common family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 12,740,465 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Waban are found; 95 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 92 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 38 people.
This last name is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is held by 548 people, or 1 in 184,741. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Northern Mindanao, where 75 percent reside, Central Visayas, where 6 percent reside and Mimaropa, where 3 percent reside. Barring The Philippines it exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.
Waban Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Waban has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Waban last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waban Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waban in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାବନ | wabana | - |
| Waban in the Marathi language | ||
| वबन | vabana | - |
| Waban in the Arabic language | ||
| وبان | wban | - |
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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 Waban
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