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
The surname Abacha is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant: Abachã. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abacha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Abacha is the 41,288th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 575,726 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Abacha live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 82,105th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 6,411 people.
Abacha is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 11,325 people, or 1 in 15,642. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Borno, where 62 percent live, Yobe, where 9 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 22 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 9 percent live and Niger, where 0 percent live.
Abacha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Abacha surname is chiefly 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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