Wageh Surname
Approximately 16,171 people bear this surname
Wageh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 15,803 | 1:5,818 | 724 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Wageh (3,814) may also be a first name.
Wageh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wageh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wageh is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wageh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 32,848th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 450,655 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wageh are found; 98 percent are found in North Africa and 98 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 113,825th most commonly used given name globally, held by 3,814 people.
It is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 15,803 people, or 1 in 5,818. Apart from Egypt this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 2 percent live and Kuwait, where 0 percent live.
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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 Wageh
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