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 Male Wow Height
175.15 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Wow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wow Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wow (Arabic: واو) occurs most in Syria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wow? popularity and diffusion
Wow is the 978,274th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,604,341 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Wow are found; 64 percent are found in West Asia and 55 percent are found in Levant. Wow is also the 507,810th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 301 people.
The surname is most frequent in Syria, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 133,110. In Syria it is mostly found in: Homs Governorate, where 100 percent reside. Not including Syria this surname is found in 11 countries. It also occurs 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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