Wabe Surname
Approximately 7,051 people bear this surname
Wabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 3,059 | 1:31,888 | 3,759 |
| Philippines | 2,409 | 1:42,025 | 6,650 |
| Cameroon | 757 | 1:27,436 | 3,730 |
| Papua New Guinea | 345 | 1:23,634 | 2,591 |
| DR Congo | 219 | 1:337,350 | 29,912 |
| United States | 64 | 1:5,663,421 | 279,165 |
| Costa Rica | 54 | 1:88,520 | 1,588 |
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Solomon Islands | 6 | 1:96,672 | 18,437 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Wabe (3,667) may also be a first name.
Wabe Demographics
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Wabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wabe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺏ) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wabe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 70,153rd most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,033,548 people. The last name Wabe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 58 percent of Wabe live; 43 percent live in East Africa and 43 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 116,548th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 3,667 people.
The last name Wabe is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 3,059 people, or 1 in 31,888. Apart from Ethiopia it exists in 32 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 34 percent live and Cameroon, where 11 percent live.
Wabe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wabe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wabe surname expanded 640 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 269 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wabe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wabe last name are 31.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 77.78% registered to vote for the party.
Wabe earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.31% less than the national average, earning $38,271 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wabe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wabe in the Hassaniya-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 Wabe
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