Wow Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
Wow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 145 | 1:133,110 | 3,615 |
| Indonesia | 38 | 1:3,480,242 | 186,493 |
| Israel | 22 | 1:388,983 | 31,283 |
| Afghanistan | 19 | 1:1,692,273 | 13,110 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Wow (301) may also be a first name.
Wow Demographics
Average Wow Salary in
England
£22,825
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Wow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wow Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wow (Arabic: واو) is held by more people in Syria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wow? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wow is the 978,274th most common surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 27,604,341 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 82 percent of Wow reside; 64 percent reside in West Asia and 55 percent reside in Levant. It is also the 507,810th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 301 people.
The surname is most widely held in Syria, where it is carried by 145 people, or 1 in 133,110. In Syria it is most common in: Homs Governorate, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Syria Wow occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 14 percent reside and Israel, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wow Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wow in the Arabic language | ||
| واو | waw | - |
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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 Wow
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