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
The last name Wehib (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻫﻴﺐ) has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wehib.
How Common Is The Last Name Wehib? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wehib is the 228,032nd most widespread last name on earth, held by around 1 in 4,098,732 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wehib are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Wehib is also the 1,525,482nd most frequent first name on earth, borne by 44 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,610 people, or 1 in 60,588. Beside Ethiopia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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