Wahm Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Wahm Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Wahm Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wahm Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wahm occurs most in Egypt. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wahm.
How Common Is The Last Name Wahm? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,471,719th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 50,607,958 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Wahm reside; 85 percent reside in North Africa and 85 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.
Wahm is most widely held in Egypt, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Outside of Egypt this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 6 percent live and Pakistan, where 5 percent live.
Wahm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wahm has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wahum | 89 | 357 | / |
| Waham | 89 | 198 | / |
| Wathm | 89 | 6 | / |
| Wahme | 89 | 4 | / |
| Wam | 86 | 2,955 | / |
| Wahjme | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waim | 75 | 2,149 | / |
| Wame | 75 | 1,745 | / |
| Wuam | 75 | 749 | / |
| Wham | 75 | 718 | / |
| Waum | 75 | 302 | / |
| Weam | 75 | 261 | / |
| Waam | 75 | 129 | / |
| Vwam | 75 | 98 | / |
| Hwam | 75 | 43 | / |
| Wamm | 75 | 29 | / |
| Wohm | 75 | 6 | / |
| Whom | 75 | 2 | / |
| Vahm | 75 | 2 | / |
| Wajm | 75 | 2 | / |
| Wamt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wamh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wgam | 75 | 1 | / |
| Waheemh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wahamme | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wamth | 67 | 371 | / |
| Waime | 67 | 359 | / |
| Vathm | 67 | 86 | / |
| Wamme | 67 | 53 | / |
| Waume | 67 | 18 | / |
| Hwame | 67 | 13 | / |
| Vaham | 67 | 10 | / |
| Waasm | 67 | 4 | / |
| Whome | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wayme | 67 | 3 | / |
| Weame | 67 | 3 | / |
| Whame | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwamh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bayhm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wamhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bajhm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wheum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wajme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whaym | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bauhm | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wheam | 67 | 0 | / |
| Whham | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wahm
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