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 held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Abachã. Click here for other potential spellings of Abacha.
How Common Is The Last Name Abacha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 41,288th most widespread family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 575,726 people. The last name Abacha is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Abacha reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abacha is also the 82,105th most commonly occurring forename globally, held by 6,411 people.
The surname Abacha is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 11,325 people, or 1 in 15,642. In Nigeria Abacha is mostly concentrated in: Borno, where 62 percent are found, Yobe, where 9 percent are found and Lagos, where 3 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs 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 Abacha last name is predominantly 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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