Abacha Surname
Approximately 12,658 people bear this surname
Abacha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11,325 | 1:15,642 | 1,523 |
| Algeria | 1,134 | 1:34,067 | 6,205 |
| Niger | 60 | 1:319,867 | 9,444 |
| Uganda | 34 | 1:1,148,214 | 47,064 |
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
The alternate forms: Abachã (3) are calculated separately.
Abacha (6,411) may also be a first name.
Abacha Demographics
Abacha Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Abacha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abacha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abacha is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Abachã. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abacha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 41,288th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 575,726 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Abacha are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abacha is also the 82,105th most frequent given name throughout the world, held by 6,411 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 11,325 people, or 1 in 15,642. In Nigeria Abacha is most frequent in: Borno, where 62 percent are found, Yobe, where 9 percent are found and Lagos, where 3 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 22 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 9 percent are found and Niger, where 0 percent are found.
Abacha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (92%) in Nigeria.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Abacha
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