Wehib Surname
Approximately 1,778 people bear this surname
Wehib Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,610 | 1:60,588 | 6,165 |
| Mauritania | 167 | 1:24,520 | 2,142 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wehib (44) may also be a first name.
Wehib Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wehib Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wehib (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻫﻴﺐ) is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wehib click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wehib? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 228,032nd most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 4,098,732 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wehib live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Wehib is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 44 people.
The surname Wehib is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,610 people, or 1 in 60,588. Barring Ethiopia Wehib exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wehib Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wehib in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻫﻴﺐ | whyb | 94.44 |
| ﻭﻫﺐ | whb | 2.78 |
| ﻭﻫﻴﺒﺐ | whybb | 2.78 |
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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 Wehib
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