Wahead Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Wahead Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wahead Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
England51:11,143,612252,590
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Wahead (268) may also be a first name.

Wahead Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wahead is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wahead? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,537,949th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Wahead are found; 90 percent are found in North Africa and 90 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 543,171st most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 268 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Besides Egypt it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent reside and Pakistan, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wathead921/
Whathead860/
Weathead860/
Wohead8395/
Waehad831/
Vahead831/
Watead830/
Vaheead774/
Whaeead773/
Woohead772/
Vahejad771/
Wahiied771/
Baead734/
Wahijjed711/
Waytehad711/
Weasheat710/
Wahoud67418/
Waehat673/
Baheid672/
Waeate671/
Weheat671/
Vaheat671/

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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 Wahead
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