Abu Forename
1,445th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 675,986 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Sierra Leone
Abu Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 71% | 129,432 | 1:1,372 | 246 |
| Bangladesh | - | 127,480 | 1:1,251 | 149 |
| Indonesia | 96% | 103,199 | 1:2,500 | 257 |
| India | 100% | 96,004 | 1:12,654 | 1,751 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 94,541 | 1:75 | 10 |
| Egypt | 100% | 21,146 | 1:4,346 | 512 |
| Sudan | 100% | 11,899 | 1:3,177 | 550 |
| Iran | 100% | 9,494 | 1:8,268 | 715 |
| Mozambique | - | 7,200 | 1:3,784 | 759 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 6,866 | 1:28,307 | 1,974 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 5,895 | 1:16,550 | 2,223 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 5,770 | 1:5,340 | 845 |
| Syria | - | 5,700 | 1:3,387 | 477 |
| Ghana | - | 5,169 | 1:5,221 | 652 |
| Liberia | 100% | 4,569 | 1:966 | 186 |
| Uganda | 99% | 4,135 | 1:9,905 | 996 |
| Libya | - | 4,040 | 1:1,540 | 296 |
| Oman | 100% | 3,776 | 1:1,088 | 166 |
| United States | 100% | 2,856 | 1:126,939 | 5,243 |
| England | 100% | 2,401 | 1:23,158 | 1,396 |
| Myanmar | - | 2,363 | 1:21,984 | 522 |
| Russia | 99% | 2,224 | 1:64,853 | 1,415 |
| Kuwait | - | 2,166 | 1:1,748 | 251 |
| Gambia | - | 1,999 | 1:964 | 190 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,774 | 1:29,757 | 2,638 |
| Bahrain | - | 1,509 | 1:894 | 150 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1,274 | 1:5,614 | 659 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 1,210 | 1:14,667 | 1,077 |
| Somalia | - | 1,117 | 1:12,109 | 1,100 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 915 | 1:9,153 | 1,011 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 873 | 1:35,265 | 1,762 |
| Malaysia | 90% | 626 | 1:48,642 | 4,036 |
| Poland | 82% | 471 | 1:80,737 | 1,882 |
| Canada | 100% | 456 | 1:72,661 | 4,195 |
| Philippines | 98% | 407 | 1:260,466 | 10,614 |
| DR Congo | 87% | 356 | 1:207,381 | 9,050 |
| Kenya | 8% | 339 | 1:136,599 | 6,405 |
| Iraq | 100% | 314 | 1:111,522 | 2,585 |
| Papua New Guinea | 54% | 314 | 1:25,963 | 2,563 |
| South Africa | 100% | 302 | 1:180,572 | 12,049 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Nepal | 93% | 285 | 1:99,956 | 5,544 |
| Cameroon | 81% | 280 | 1:77,180 | 4,398 |
| Afghanistan | 51% | 217 | 1:150,339 | 4,333 |
| Israel | 86% | 191 | 1:43,994 | 2,897 |
| Morocco | - | 191 | 1:179,836 | 4,854 |
| Malawi | 100% | 169 | 1:101,256 | 5,457 |
| Yemen | - | 143 | 1:183,893 | 1,674 |
| Australia | - | 117 | 1:116,732 | 3,914 |
| Taiwan | 83% | 114 | 1:208,506 | 18,221 |
| Spain | 100% | 109 | 1:426,880 | 5,869 |
| Germany | 100% | 97 | 1:996,679 | 7,814 |
| Ukraine | 97% | 88 | 1:517,044 | 2,237 |
| Jordan | 95% | 70 | 1:126,097 | 2,247 |
| Singapore | 100% | 64 | 1:98,235 | 7,388 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 56 | 1:301,823 | 9,427 |
| Thailand | 90% | 50 | 1:1,401,316 | 44,950 |
| France | 100% | 45 | 1:1,477,119 | 9,797 |
| Belgium | 100% | 44 | 1:261,137 | 5,641 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 44 | 1:93,074 | 3,779 |
| Wales | 100% | 42 | 1:73,674 | 2,111 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 39 | 1:247,255 | 7,124 |
| Brunei | - | 38 | 1:11,041 | 790 |
| Scotland | 100% | 38 | 1:140,799 | 2,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 92% | 35 | 1:440,680 | 20,789 |
| Guyana | 100% | 34 | 1:22,449 | 2,662 |
| China | - | 33 | 1:41,395,630 | 61,770 |
| Ireland | 100% | 32 | 1:145,110 | 3,095 |
| Italy | 93% | 31 | 1:1,969,745 | 13,753 |
| New Zealand | - | 29 | 1:156,415 | 5,718 |
| Sweden | 100% | 27 | 1:365,108 | 10,445 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 22 | 1:30,768 | 1,943 |
| Japan | - | 17 | 1:7,528,592 | 31,633 |
| Turkey | 100% | 17 | 1:4,576,571 | 21,604 |
| Greece | 100% | 16 | 1:683,409 | 7,898 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 16 | 1:373,330 | 13,392 |
| Austria | 100% | 15 | 1:567,613 | 5,057 |
| Niger | 67% | 14 | 1:1,370,285 | 19,237 |
| Norway | 100% | 11 | 1:466,575 | 8,612 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 11 | 1:746,681 | 9,974 |
| Belarus | 100% | 10 | 1:948,238 | 5,152 |
| Qatar | - | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Mali | - | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Peru | 100% | 9 | 1:3,532,384 | 29,289 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Denmark | - | 8 | 1:706,187 | 9,598 |
| Zambia | - | 8 | 1:1,981,849 | 20,512 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 7 | 1:2,625,638 | 48,146 |
| Hong Kong | - | 7 | 1:1,107,532 | 6,332 |
| Iceland | - | 7 | 1:52,288 | 2,981 |
| Algeria | 100% | 6 | 1:6,362,787 | 10,855 |
| Maldives | - | 6 | 1:72,317 | 2,029 |
| Mexico | 100% | 6 | 1:20,690,738 | 47,722 |
| Guinea | - | 5 | 1:2,371,729 | 4,683 |
| Panama | - | 5 | 1:781,311 | 18,191 |
| Senegal | 100% | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 4 | 1:881,114 | 5,655 |
| Botswana | 100% | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Brazil | 100% | 4 | 1:53,559,038 | 368,334 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Eritrea | 50% | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Georgia | 100% | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Palestine | 100% | 4 | 1:1,137,514 | 4,137 |
| Vietnam | - | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 3 | 1:7,691,978 | 82,363 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 3 | 1:453,806 | 18,410 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 3 | 1:10,067,298 | 111,314 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Czechia | 69% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Hungary | 84% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Abú (3) are calculated separately.
Abu (855,545) may also be a surname.
Abu Forename Popularity
Abu Demographics
Abu Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 165 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Abu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abu in the Russian language | ||
| Абу | abu | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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 Abu