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Where Does The Last Name Wahab Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Wahab (Arabic: وهبـ, Bengali: ওয়াহাব, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻮﻫﺎﺏ, Hindi: वहाब, Marathi: वहाब, Oriya: ୱାହାବ) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wahab.

How Common Is The Last Name Wahab? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 1,534^th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 20,544 people. The last name Wahab is predominantly found in Asia, where 74 percent of Wahab live; 43 percent live in South Asia and 41 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Wahab is also the 10,766^th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 93,988 people.

The last name is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is held by 126,268 people, or 1 in 1,415. In Pakistan it is primarily found in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 41 percent reside, Sindh, where 25 percent reside and Balochistan, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Pakistan this surname exists in 117 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 13 percent reside and Indonesia, where 12 percent reside.

Wahab Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Wahab has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wahab last name rose 5,633 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 10,933 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 283 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Wahab Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Wahab surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland, Shiite (51%) in Lebanon and Muslim (86%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Wahab last name are 0.17% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.4% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wahab earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 52.55% more than the national average, earning 527,952 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 2.21% more than the national average, earning R 242,892 per year; in United States they earn 18.99% more than the national average, earning $51,343 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.96% more than the national average, earning $52,148 CAD per year.