Wahib Surname
Approximately 49,273 people bear this surname
Wahib Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 25,906 | 1:1,352 | 197 |
| Egypt | 7,749 | 1:11,864 | 1,411 |
| Yemen | 6,610 | 1:3,998 | 597 |
| Indonesia | 3,626 | 1:36,472 | 4,244 |
| Morocco | 2,113 | 1:16,316 | 2,464 |
| Syria | 562 | 1:34,343 | 2,150 |
| Pakistan | 520 | 1:343,546 | 6,846 |
| Saudi Arabia | 517 | 1:59,682 | 8,852 |
| Malaysia | 311 | 1:94,837 | 6,560 |
| Djibouti | 275 | 1:3,327 | 287 |
| Jordan | 245 | 1:36,092 | 4,217 |
| Israel | 94 | 1:91,039 | 10,708 |
| Palestine | 86 | 1:52,894 | 5,259 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Lebanon | 76 | 1:74,172 | 5,162 |
| United States | 71 | 1:5,105,055 | 259,233 |
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| United Arab Emirates | 43 | 1:213,076 | 14,246 |
| Uganda | 35 | 1:1,115,408 | 46,348 |
| France | 35 | 1:1,897,792 | 163,564 |
| India | 33 | 1:23,244,406 | 321,547 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Spain | 20 | 1:2,337,602 | 57,118 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Afghanistan | 16 | 1:2,009,574 | 14,441 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
Wahib (32,046) may also be a first name.
Wahib Demographics
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Wahib Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wahib Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wahib (Arabic: وهيب, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻫﻴﺐ, Hindi: वाहिब, Marathi: वाहीब, Oriya: ୱାହିବ) is found most frequently in Iraq. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wahib? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 11,400th most prevalent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 147,901 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 79 percent of Wahib reside; 69 percent reside in West Asia and 55 percent reside in Levant. It is also the 26,492nd most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 32,046 people.
It is most frequently used in Iraq, where it is held by 25,906 people, or 1 in 1,352. Without taking into account Iraq this last name is found in 58 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 16 percent live and Yemen, where 13 percent live.
Wahib Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Sunni (54%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Wahib surname are 10.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.64% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wahib earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.71% less than the national average, earning R 105,240 per year; in United States they earn 0.1% less than the national average, earning $43,106 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.86% more than the national average, earning $58,058 CAD per year.
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Wahib Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wahib in the Hindi language | ||
| वाहिब | vahiba | - |
| Wahib in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻫﻴﺐ | whyb | 80 |
| ﻭﻫﺐ | whb | 20 |
| Wahib in the Marathi language | ||
| वाहीब | vahiba | 75 |
| वहीब | vahiba | 25 |
| Wahib in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାହିବ | wahiba | 60 |
| ୱହିବ | wahiba | 40 |
| Wahib in the Arabic language | ||
| وهيب | whyb | - |
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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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- 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 Wahib
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