Wahid
surname · Latin script
Meaning: unique, matchless, singular, unparalleled
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Wahid is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country.
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 3.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- PKPakistan≈1 in 5.1K
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 5.3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 109 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈46,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Bangladesh, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
unique, matchless, singular, unparalleled
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wahid counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD Bangladesh | #230 | ≈46,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.5K | — | Wahid | 88 |
| PK Pakistan | #129 | ≈46,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.1K | — | Wahid | 74 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈6,200 est. | ≈1 in 5.3K | — | Wahid | 30 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈5,900 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Wahid | 81 |
| DZ Algeria | #323 | ≈4,700 est. | ≈1 in 9.2K | — | Wahid | 36 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 7.2K | — | Wahid | 36 |
| US United States | — | 695 | 1 in 479K | 985 | Wahid | 109 |
| GY Guyana | — | 127 | 1 in 5.9K | 127 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Wahid is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
alone; unique; exclusive;
as a nameMuslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
unique
as a nameWhats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names
In Arabic, one, unique, matchless; one of the names of Allah
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
In Malay, alternative form of ahad
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Haji Sahib of Turangzaib. 1858PKnot in their usual nameHaji Fazal Wahid, a prominent freedom fighter against the British rule in India
- Abdurrahman Wahidb. 1940ID4th President of the Republic of Indonesia (1940–2009)
- Hasyim Wahidb. 1953IDIndonesian Islam figure
- Ferdous Wahidb. 1953BDBengali musician
- Hidayat Nur Wahidb. 1960IDIndonesian politician
- Habib Wahidb. 1979BDBangladeshi singer, composer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 64 sources across 34 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 985 | #26,135 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 695 | #32,960 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 488 | #41,924 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 127 | #498 |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Wahid mean?
- Recorded meaning: unique, matchless, singular, unparalleled
- What are other forms of the name Wahid?
- In the etymology graph, Waheed is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Wahid have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 46 thousand people named Wahid in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wahid.
- How common is the name Wahid?
- In the United States, the national register counted 695 people named Wahid in 2010, about 1 in 479 thousand residents.
- How common is Wahid compared with other names?
- In Bangladesh, Wahid is the 230th most common surname of 12,312 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Wahid?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wahidThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wahid” — the 230th most common surname in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.