Aba Surname
Approximately 76,887 people bear this surname
Aba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 25,405 | 1:6,973 | 829 |
| Philippines | 11,819 | 1:8,566 | 789 |
| Turkey | 6,574 | 1:11,838 | 1,527 |
| Cameroon | 4,817 | 1:4,312 | 518 |
| Ethiopia | 3,542 | 1:27,540 | 3,358 |
| Ivory Coast | 2,608 | 1:8,846 | 743 |
| Ghana | 2,563 | 1:10,543 | 1,407 |
| Algeria | 2,460 | 1:15,704 | 2,830 |
| Indonesia | 2,417 | 1:54,716 | 6,070 |
| Togo | 1,995 | 1:3,633 | 578 |
| Morocco | 1,465 | 1:23,533 | 3,669 |
| Egypt | 1,129 | 1:81,431 | 7,252 |
| Mauritania | 1,029 | 1:3,979 | 477 |
| Iran | 966 | 1:79,485 | 8,113 |
| Uganda | 899 | 1:43,425 | 5,457 |
| India | 736 | 1:1,042,208 | 43,486 |
| Niger | 570 | 1:33,670 | 1,865 |
| Gabon | 556 | 1:3,398 | 592 |
| Papua New Guinea | 537 | 1:15,184 | 1,469 |
| Benin | 442 | 1:23,384 | 3,142 |
| Malaysia | 411 | 1:71,762 | 5,196 |
| DR Congo | 383 | 1:192,897 | 19,402 |
| Guatemala | 359 | 1:44,799 | 2,168 |
| South Africa | 336 | 1:161,243 | 18,083 |
| Thailand | 289 | 1:244,423 | 41,424 |
| Solomon Islands | 269 | 1:2,156 | 183 |
| United States | 222 | 1:1,632,698 | 109,247 |
| Mexico | 191 | 1:649,875 | 10,382 |
| Congo | 184 | 1:27,115 | 2,911 |
| Israel | 160 | 1:53,485 | 6,974 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Taiwan | 158 | 1:148,384 | 1,334 |
| Spain | 126 | 1:371,048 | 20,817 |
| Argentina | 122 | 1:350,356 | 27,444 |
| Pakistan | 105 | 1:1,701,370 | 17,526 |
| Afghanistan | 79 | 1:407,002 | 5,660 |
| Hungary | 77 | 1:127,484 | 11,841 |
| United Arab Emirates | 55 | 1:166,587 | 12,493 |
| Iraq | 52 | 1:673,493 | 9,953 |
| China | 39 | 1:35,059,527 | 1,855 |
| Ukraine | 39 | 1:1,167,249 | 102,683 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| France | 36 | 1:1,845,076 | 161,051 |
| Italy | 36 | 1:1,698,797 | 84,491 |
| Venezuela | 36 | 1:839,002 | 13,477 |
| Brazil | 33 | 1:6,487,101 | 155,169 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Canada | 28 | 1:1,315,914 | 92,927 |
| Jordan | 28 | 1:315,801 | 11,232 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Denmark | 17 | 1:332,042 | 23,714 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Tunisia | 15 | 1:40,708 | 5,720 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Palestine | 12 | 1:379,071 | 11,768 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Faroe Islands | 3 | 1:16,333 | 1,308 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
The alternate forms: Abá (6) & Abà (2) are calculated separately.
Aba (81,748) may also be a first name.
Aba Demographics
Average Male Aba Height
176.14 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Aba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Aba (Arabic: ابع, Bengali: এবা, Georgian: აბა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺏ, Hindi: आबा, Marathi: आबा, Oriya: ଅବା, Tibetan: ཨ་བི་) is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant: Abá or Abà. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,395th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 94,783 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Aba are found; 45 percent are found in West Africa and 42 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 12,147th most prevalent forename on earth It is held by 81,748 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 25,405 people, or 1 in 6,973. In Nigeria Aba is most numerous in: Benue, where 21 percent reside, Enugu, where 12 percent reside and Kano, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 116 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 15 percent reside and Turkey, where 9 percent reside.
Aba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Aba last name is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Christian (59%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Aba surname are 12.15% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 65.38% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Aba earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 58.05% less than the national average, earning R 99,684 per year; in United States they earn 18.06% more than the national average, earning $50,940 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.34% less than the national average, earning $39,083 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aba in the Georgian language | ||
| აბა | aba | - |
| Aba in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨ་བི་ | abi | - |
| Aba in the Bengali language | ||
| এবা | eba | - |
| Aba in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅବା | aba | 82.26 |
| ଆବା | aba | 14.52 |
| ଅବ | aba | 3.23 |
| Aba in the Marathi language | ||
| आबा | aba | 82.22 |
| अबा | aba | 17.7 |
| अब | aba | 0.08 |
| Aba in the Hindi language | ||
| आबा | aba | 65.32 |
| अबा | aba | 22.07 |
| अब | aba | 8.11 |
| ाब | aba | 1.8 |
| एबा | eba | 0.9 |
| ाबा | aba | 0.9 |
| Aba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺏ | ab | 59.89 |
| ﺍﺏ | ab | 12.3 |
| ﺁﺑﻪ | abh | 10.52 |
| ﺃﺏ | ab | 5.53 |
| ﺁﺑﺎ | aba | 3.74 |
| ﺍﺑﺎ | aba | 1.96 |
| ﺃﺑﺎ | aba | 1.43 |
| ﺃﺑﻪ | abh | 1.25 |
| ﺍﺑﻪ | abh | 0.89 |
| ﻋﺒﻪ | bh | 0.71 |
| ﺑﺎﺏ | bab | 0.36 |
| ﻋﺎﺑﻪ | abh | 0.18 |
| ﺍﺑﺎﻩ | abah | 0.18 |
| ﻋﺎﺏ | ab | 0.18 |
| ﺀﺍﺏ | ab | 0.18 |
| ﺁﺑﺎﺀ | aba | 0.18 |
| ﺍﺑﻲ | aby | 0.18 |
| Aba in the Arabic language | ||
| ابع | ab | - |
| بعا | ba | - |
| عبا | ba | - |
| باع | ba | - |
| با | ba | - |
| عبّا | ba | - |
| لابا | laba | - |
| ابا | aba | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- 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 Aba
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