Wehab Surname
Approximately 851 people bear this surname
Wehab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 780 | 1:5,250 | 612 |
| United States | 35 | 1:10,355,970 | 420,657 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Wehab (1,176) may also be a first name.
Wehab Demographics
Average Wehab Salary in
United States
$49,321 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wehab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wehab Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wehab (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻮﻫﺎﺏ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wehab? popularity and diffusion
It is the 410,325th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,563,509 people. Wehab is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Wehab live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Wehab is also the 231,499th most frequently occurring forename in the world. It is borne by 1,176 people.
The surname Wehab is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is held by 780 people, or 1 in 5,250. In Mauritania it is most common in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 34 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 15 percent reside and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 15 percent reside. Other than Mauritania Wehab occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Egypt, where 1 percent reside.
Wehab Last Name Statistics demography
Wehab earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.3% more than the national average, earning $49,321 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wehhab | 91 | 2 | / |
| Wehaib | 91 | 1 | / |
| Weab | 89 | 3 | / |
| Vehab | 80 | 350 | / |
| Whaib | 80 | 42 | / |
| Wehap | 80 | 9 | / |
| Weyab | 80 | 7 | / |
| Wheab | 80 | 2 | / |
| Weasb | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wihab | 80 | 1 | / |
| Weyhaubt | 77 | 14 | / |
| Weihaubt | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wahaib | 73 | 64 | / |
| Wahiab | 73 | 12 | / |
| Ouehab | 73 | 12 | / |
| Whayeb | 73 | 10 | / |
| Wyahab | 73 | 10 | / |
| Wehapp | 73 | 9 | / |
| Waihab | 73 | 5 | / |
| Weheeb | 73 | 4 | / |
| Whayab | 73 | 3 | / |
| Vehyab | 73 | 3 | / |
| Wjahab | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wahyab | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wiahab | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wahjab | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weiheb | 73 | 0 | / |
| Waib | 67 | 98 | / |
| Beab | 67 | 76 | / |
| Weib | 67 | 74 | / |
| Wajb | 67 | 16 | / |
| Weap | 67 | 12 | / |
| Wiab | 67 | 8 | / |
| Whayiab | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wyeb | 67 | 2 | / |
| Waub | 67 | 2 | / |
| Weyb | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ueab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wajhaib | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wahayib | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wyab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Veab | 67 | 0 | / |
Wehab Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wehab in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻮﻫﺎﺏ | alwhab | 99.54 |
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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 Wehab
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