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 carried by more people in Syria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakih? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 883,255th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 23,893,593 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Wakih live; 89 percent live in West Asia and 83 percent live in Levant. Wakih is also the 1,366,219th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 53 people.
The surname Wakih is most commonly occurring in Syria, where it is carried by 227 people, or 1 in 85,027. In Syria it is most numerous in: Homs Governorate, where 100 percent live. Apart from Syria this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs 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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