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

Wahab (Arabic: وهبـ, Bengali: ওয়াহাব, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻮﻫﺎﺏ, Hindi: वहाब, Marathi: वहाब, Oriya: ୱାହାବ) is more commonly found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

The last name is the 1,534^th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 20,544 people. The surname Wahab occurs mostly in Asia, where 74 percent of Wahab are found; 43 percent are found in South Asia and 41 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Wahab is also the 10,766^th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 93,988 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 126,268 people, or 1 in 1,415. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 41 percent are found, Sindh, where 25 percent are found and Balochistan, where 20 percent are found. Not including Pakistan it is found in 117 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 13 percent are found and Indonesia, where 12 percent are found.

Wahab Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Wahab has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wahab surname grew 5,633 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 10,933 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 283 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Wahab Last Name Statistics ^demography

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

In The United States those bearing the Wahab surname are 0.17% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.4% registered to vote for the 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.