Wagab Surname

722,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Wagab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wagab Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia3921:337,37029,358
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Wagab Last Name Facts

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

Wagab has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wagab? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 722,496th most numerous last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. Wagab occurs mostly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Wagab live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 99 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is held by 392 people, or 1 in 337,370. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: West Papua, where 99 percent live, Papua, where 1 percent live and Maluku, where 0 percent live. Besides Indonesia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waghab914/
Wagayb911/
Bagab8058/
Vagab8032/
Wageb8012/
Wagap808/
Wagav805/
Bagaub73135/
Vaghab7330/
Vagabh7312/
Baghab7310/
Wagape732/
Baigab731/
Huagab731/
Wagoub731/
Waigap731/
Bahagab67181/
Vaghabh6713/
Vaighab673/
Waagoub671/
Baghabh671/
Vaughab670/
Waughap670/
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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 Wagab
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