Wahba

English

Alternative forms

• Wehbe

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَهْبَة (wahba, “gift, present”); this surname is predominantly found among Christians and Muslims of Egypt.

Proper noun

Wahba (plural Wahbas)

1. A surname from Arabic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wahba is the 29878^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 786 individuals. Wahba is most common among White (91.09%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wahba”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Wahab