Wakih Surname
Approximately 305 people bear this surname
Wakih Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 227 | 1:85,027 | 3,232 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Yemen | 16 | 1:1,651,581 | 12,512 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Wakih (53) may also be a first name.
Wakih Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakih Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wakih is borne by more people in Syria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakih? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wakih is the 883,255th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 23,893,593 people. Wakih occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Wakih are found; 89 percent are found in West Asia and 83 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequently used given name throughout the world, borne by 53 people.
This last name is most frequent in Syria, where it is held by 227 people, or 1 in 85,027. In Syria Wakih is most prevalent in: Homs Governorate, where 100 percent live. Outside of Syria Wakih is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 9 percent live and Iraq, where 9 percent live.
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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 Wakih
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