Wabes Surname

1,022,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 247 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Wabes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wabes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2341:565,16745,330
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wabes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wabes Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wabes is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Wabes click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wabes? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,022,958th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 29,504,234 people. Wabes occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 94 percent of Wabes reside; 94 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 94 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

Wabes is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 234 people, or 1 in 565,167. In Indonesia Wabes is mostly concentrated in: Papua, where 98 percent reside, West Papua, where 1 percent reside and North Maluku, where 0 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 4 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wabesh911/
Babes801,590/
Wabis80149/
Wobes8010/
Vabes801/
Webes801/
Beabes7359/
Wabays7348/
Babesh7327/
Wabise7321/
Wabish7319/
Baybes7311/
Babeis737/
Baubes737/
Baibes734/
Waabis733/
Babejs732/
Hwobes731/
Waboys731/
Wabois731/
Babeas731/
Wobeds730/
Babess730/
Babeesh67448/
Bahbeis679/
Wabisch676/
Baabesh672/
Wabitsh671/
Babeasz671/
Babheis671/

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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 Wabes
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