Wahaf Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Singapore

Wahaf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wahaf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia911:1,453,28898,507
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Wahaf (59) may also be a first name.

Wahaf Last Name Facts

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

Wahaf is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wahaf.

How Common Is The Last Name Wahaf? popularity and diffusion

Wahaf is the 1,701,480th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Wahaf live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 85 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,282,666th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 59 people.

It is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 1,453,288. In Indonesia Wahaf is most frequent in: North Sumatra, where 32 percent live, Jambi, where 21 percent live and South Sulawesi, where 15 percent live. Besides Indonesia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Singapore, where 11 percent live and Malaysia, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waahaf9118/
Waaf895/
Wahf891/
Vahaf8030/
Wahav8027/
Whaff8016/
Wahaw803/
Wachf800/
Waf75441/
Wahahb7314/
Wahabh735/
Wwahab734/
Bahaif734/
Wahaph733/
Wuahab731/
Wafe67573/
Baaf67274/
Waff67239/
Wapf67139/
Waif6746/
Wawh6719/
Waav6711/
Wahw6710/
Wafh679/
Wawf677/
Waph674/
Waaw674/
Whav673/
Whaw673/
Vwaf673/
Weaf672/
Vaaf672/
Wazf672/
Uahf672/
Wahahab672/
Wabh671/
Hbaf671/
Wauf671/
Vahf671/
Wafz671/
Wafp671/
Wavh671/
Vhaf671/

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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 Wahaf
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