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    The surname Wehbe

    An Arabic surname, carried by 543 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex W100

    Wehbe: #40,313 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Wehbe #40,313, 543 people Wehbe: #40,313 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Wehbe #40,313, 543 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wehbe is more common than 75.2% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Variant of Wahba; this surname is predominantly found in Lebanon and Syria and its bearers are both Muslims and Christians.

    One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 543 people named Wehbe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 568,592 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 373.

    #40,313
    rank among US surnames
    543
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +45.6%
    change since 2000 (was #52,289)

    Who is named Wehbe

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    88% of people named Wehbe identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.1%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wehbe

    Wehbe has the Soundex code W100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W100.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wehbe come from?
    Variant of Wahba; this surname is predominantly found in Lebanon and Syria and its bearers are both Muslims and Christians.
    How common is the surname Wehbe?
    543 people in the United States had the surname Wehbe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 568,592 Americans. It ranked 40,313th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wehbe?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Wehbe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wehbe getting more or less common?
    More common. 373 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 543 in 2010, up 46%.