Wahmah Surname
Approximately 205 people bear this surname
Wahmah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 202 | 1:21,824 | 2,157 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Wahmah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wahmah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wahmah (Arabic: وحمه) is found in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wahmah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wahmah is the 1,163,787th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 35,549,004 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wahmah live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname Wahmah is most frequent in Liberia, where it is carried by 202 people, or 1 in 21,824. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Bong County, where 58 percent are found, Grand Bassa County, where 17 percent are found and Montserrado County, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Liberia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wahmah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wahmah in the Arabic language | ||
| وحمه | whmh | - |
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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 Wahmah
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