Abe Forename
15,785th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 60,357 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Gibraltar
Abe Forename Definition:
A mainly American diminutive of Abraham. The Americans tend naturally to this kind of contraction: cf. Rube for Reuben. See also Aby.
Abe Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 100% | 20,575 | 1:4,742 | 778 |
| United States | 100% | 14,735 | 1:24,604 | 1,854 |
| Canada | 100% | 4,501 | 1:7,361 | 983 |
| Nigeria | 84% | 3,749 | 1:47,363 | 3,526 |
| Ivory Coast | 71% | 3,200 | 1:7,211 | 813 |
| Philippines | 88% | 2,931 | 1:36,168 | 2,997 |
| Indonesia | 67% | 1,426 | 1:180,900 | 17,903 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,282 | 1:24,035 | 3,052 |
| South Africa | 98% | 1,026 | 1:53,151 | 5,382 |
| Mauritania | 94% | 714 | 1:5,736 | 560 |
| Ghana | - | 674 | 1:40,039 | 2,307 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 664 | 1:25,455 | 2,241 |
| India | 70% | 637 | 1:1,907,187 | 101,117 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Egypt | 61% | 325 | 1:282,772 | 9,197 |
| DR Congo | 79% | 247 | 1:298,897 | 11,934 |
| England | 99% | 238 | 1:233,626 | 6,507 |
| Papua New Guinea | 73% | 231 | 1:35,291 | 3,487 |
| Afghanistan | 65% | 216 | 1:151,035 | 4,348 |
| Japan | - | 199 | 1:643,146 | 12,408 |
| Australia | - | 162 | 1:84,306 | 3,271 |
| Cameroon | 83% | 138 | 1:156,598 | 7,145 |
| Morocco | - | 136 | 1:252,564 | 6,008 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Russia | 97% | 109 | 1:1,323,245 | 10,298 |
| Israel | 59% | 106 | 1:79,273 | 3,884 |
| Malaysia | 84% | 99 | 1:307,575 | 15,609 |
| China | - | 91 | 1:15,011,602 | 60,018 |
| New Zealand | - | 86 | 1:52,745 | 2,813 |
| Liberia | 85% | 83 | 1:53,157 | 2,766 |
| Mexico | 75% | 78 | 1:1,591,595 | 10,464 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 76 | 1:94,105 | 7,749 |
| Thailand | 80% | 72 | 1:973,136 | 35,929 |
| Benin | 100% | 62 | 1:170,578 | 8,610 |
| Uganda | 90% | 62 | 1:660,595 | 13,595 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 52 | 1:457,109 | 26,980 |
| Sudan | 100% | 49 | 1:771,571 | 2,562 |
| Iraq | 100% | 48 | 1:729,539 | 6,887 |
| Niger | 52% | 47 | 1:408,170 | 8,892 |
| Brazil | 100% | 46 | 1:4,657,308 | 74,565 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Burkina Faso | 55% | 30 | 1:612,649 | 19,640 |
| Qatar | 100% | 26 | 1:91,139 | 11,761 |
| Jamaica | - | 24 | 1:120,134 | 4,769 |
| Hong Kong | - | 22 | 1:352,397 | 3,870 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 21 | 1:332,876 | 6,441 |
| France | 100% | 20 | 1:3,323,517 | 16,030 |
| Nepal | 93% | 17 | 1:1,675,727 | 28,798 |
| Singapore | - | 17 | 1:369,827 | 10,107 |
| Scotland | 79% | 15 | 1:356,691 | 5,068 |
| Ireland | 67% | 14 | 1:331,680 | 4,801 |
| Germany | 79% | 14 | 1:6,905,563 | 25,447 |
| Italy | 96% | 14 | 1:4,361,578 | 21,991 |
| Pakistan | 81% | 14 | 1:13,882,691 | 83,133 |
| Zimbabwe | 50% | 14 | 1:1,101,701 | 37,489 |
| Belgium | 100% | 13 | 1:883,849 | 11,271 |
| South Korea | - | 13 | 1:426,494 | 11,600 |
| Senegal | 73% | 12 | 1:1,215,113 | 10,353 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Spain | - | 11 | 1:4,229,997 | 14,986 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Hungary | 100% | 10 | 1:979,177 | 2,758 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Guatemala | - | 9 | 1:1,789,825 | 5,607 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Albania | 100% | 8 | 1:380,821 | 15,237 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 8 | 1:72,620 | 4,185 |
| Greece | 100% | 7 | 1:1,562,078 | 10,407 |
| Sweden | 60% | 7 | 1:1,408,272 | 24,832 |
| Iran | - | 6 | 1:13,082,811 | 33,089 |
| Lebanon | - | 6 | 1:937,928 | 8,462 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 6 | 1:8,798,053 | 38,955 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 6 | 1:226,903 | 11,844 |
| North Macedonia | - | 5 | 1:418,151 | 8,727 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 5 | 1:21,949 | 2,239 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Haiti | - | 4 | 1:2,681,738 | 23,796 |
| Norway | - | 4 | 1:1,283,082 | 16,224 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Switzerland | 67% | 4 | 1:2,053,374 | 18,217 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Wales | - | 4 | 1:773,577 | 8,486 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Denmark | - | 3 | 1:1,883,166 | 17,701 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| Venezuela | - | 3 | 1:10,067,298 | 111,314 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Belize | - | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Chile | 100% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Latvia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Burundi | 100% | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Czechia | 70% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Abé (42) are calculated separately.
Abe (616,165) may also be a surname.
Abe Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A mainly American diminutive of Abraham. The Americans tend naturally to this kind of contraction: cf. Rube for Reuben. See also Aby.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Abe Forename Popularity
Abe Demographics
Average Abe Salary in
United States
$44,375 USD
Per year
Rank:
191,734 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00310973
Rank: 2,097 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
101.94%
Sample size: 5,777 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Abe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abe in the Russian language | ||
| Абе | abe | - |
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Abe