Wohab Surname

179,467th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,377 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Guyana

Wohab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wohab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh2,2531:70,7313,437
India551:13,946,643236,652
Guyana221:34,6463,602
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Wohab (98) may also be a first name.

Wohab Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wohab Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wohab (Bengali: ওয়াব) is more frequently found in Bangladesh than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wohab? popularity and diffusion

It is the 179,467th most frequent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 3,065,859 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Wohab live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 956,749th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 98 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 2,253 people, or 1 in 70,731. Besides Bangladesh this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent live and Guyana, where 1 percent live.

Wohab Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wohab last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wohab earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.25% more than the national average, earning $44,550 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.1% less than the national average, earning $40,192 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wohaib914/
Woahab911/
Wohhab911/
Woab8915/
Wouahab835/
Vohab8045/
Wahhab734,084/
Woheib732/
Vohaib731/
Voahab731/
Voab67182/
Boab6723/
Wahhaab674/
Woap672/
Waob671/
Wahhhab671/

Wohab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wohab in the Bengali language
ওয়াবoyaba-

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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 Wohab
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