# Wahba (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wahba/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 786 |
| US rank (2010) | 29,878 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 392,806 people |
| Change since 2000 | +56% (503 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Wehbe |

## Etymology

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

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wahba in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wahba in the United States.

## People named Wahba

- Grace Wahba, American statistician and university teacher (born 1934)

## Similar surnames

Wahab, Webb, Wiebe, Wipf, Wehbe.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.