Where Does The Last Name Wahabe Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Wahabe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻮﻫﺎﺏ, Marathi: वाहाबे) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Wahabé. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wahabe.

How Common Is The Last Name Wahabe? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 2,414,640^th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Wahabe are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,430,306^th most widely held forename world-wide, held by 49 people.

The surname Wahabe is most common in Mauritania, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 110,672. In Mauritania Wahabe is primarily concentrated in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 62 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 30 percent reside and Hodh Chargui Region, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Mauritania this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 17 percent reside and The Philippines, where 10 percent reside.