Wahba Surname
Approximately 81,604 people bear this surname
Wahba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 55,646 | 1:1,652 | 227 |
| Lebanon | 9,234 | 1:610 | 107 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4,730 | 1:6,523 | 902 |
| Sudan | 4,200 | 1:8,931 | 1,260 |
| Syria | 2,179 | 1:8,858 | 839 |
| Jordan | 1,909 | 1:4,632 | 947 |
| United States | 1,063 | 1:340,977 | 30,695 |
| Palestine | 699 | 1:6,508 | 1,410 |
| Kuwait | 598 | 1:6,356 | 875 |
| United Arab Emirates | 273 | 1:33,561 | 3,588 |
| Canada | 257 | 1:143,368 | 14,728 |
| Iraq | 178 | 1:196,751 | 4,604 |
| Qatar | 94 | 1:25,085 | 2,628 |
| Italy | 89 | 1:687,154 | 59,360 |
| Australia | 59 | 1:457,554 | 35,515 |
| England | 51 | 1:1,092,511 | 52,584 |
| Brazil | 45 | 1:4,757,207 | 124,005 |
| Germany | 42 | 1:1,916,797 | 106,618 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Yemen | 21 | 1:1,258,347 | 11,865 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| Austria | 19 | 1:448,181 | 44,644 |
| Libya | 16 | 1:390,248 | 1,390 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
Wahba (7,105) may also be a first name.
Wahba Demographics
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Wahba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wahba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wahba (Arabic: وهبـه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻫﺒﻪ) is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wahba.
How Common Is The Last Name Wahba? popularity and diffusion
Wahba is the 6,937th most widely held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 89,304 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Wahba are found; 73 percent are found in North Africa and 73 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 76,836th most numerous forename in the world It is held by 7,105 people.
The last name is most common in Egypt, where it is carried by 55,646 people, or 1 in 1,652. Excluding Egypt it is found in 59 countries. It also occurs in Lebanon, where 11 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 6 percent live.
Wahba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Wahba surname is chiefly Maronite (32%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Wahba surname are 9.93% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.16% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wahba earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 52.09% less than the national average, earning R 113,844 per year; in United States they earn 17.93% more than the national average, earning $50,884 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.74% more than the national average, earning $51,539 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wahba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wahba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻫﺒﻪ | whbh | 65.38 |
| ﻭﻫﺐ | whb | 19.23 |
| ﻭﻫﺒﺔ | whbt | 15.38 |
| Wahba in the Arabic language | ||
| وهبـه | whbh | - |
| وهبة | whbt | - |
| وهبه | whbh | - |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wahba
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