Abah Surname
Approximately 67,309 people bear this surname
Abah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 58,628 | 1:3,021 | 393 |
| Cameroon | 4,328 | 1:4,799 | 581 |
| Ghana | 1,178 | 1:22,938 | 2,795 |
| Philippines | 708 | 1:142,992 | 24,070 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Benin | 329 | 1:31,415 | 4,130 |
| Indonesia | 255 | 1:518,624 | 42,226 |
| Malaysia | 211 | 1:139,783 | 8,872 |
| Ivory Coast | 176 | 1:131,087 | 6,347 |
| Thailand | 147 | 1:480,533 | 84,247 |
| Jordan | 143 | 1:61,835 | 5,606 |
| Mauritania | 136 | 1:30,109 | 2,495 |
| England | 88 | 1:633,160 | 37,224 |
| United States | 61 | 1:5,941,950 | 288,805 |
| Palestine | 44 | 1:103,383 | 7,058 |
| Niger | 34 | 1:564,471 | 14,312 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Congo | 12 | 1:415,758 | 10,462 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Turkey | 9 | 1:8,646,825 | 130,497 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Iceland | 6 | 1:63,348 | 4,218 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Abah (7,723) may also be a first name.
Abah Demographics
Abah Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Abah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abah (Arabic: أباح, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺑﺎﻩ, Hindi: अबध, Marathi: आभा) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,466th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 108,270 people. Abah is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Abah are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 72,748th most widespread forename globally, held by 7,723 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 58,628 people, or 1 in 3,021. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 38 percent are found, Kogi, where 12 percent are found and Lagos, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 61 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 6 percent are found and Ghana, where 2 percent are found.
Abah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Abah surname is predominantly Christian (97%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Abah surname are 7.78% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.55% registered with the political party.
Abah earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.85% less than the national average, earning $36,310 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abah in the Hindi language | ||
| अबध | abadha | - |
| Abah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺑﺎﻩ | abah | 61.4 |
| ﺍﺑﺎﻩ | abah | 17.54 |
| ﺃﺑﺎﻩ | abah | 10.53 |
| ﺁﺑﺢ | abh | 3.51 |
| ﺁﺑﻪ | abh | 1.75 |
| ﻋﺒﺎﻩ | bah | 1.75 |
| ﺍﺑﺢ | abh | 1.75 |
| ﺁﺑﺎﺡ | abah | 1.75 |
| Abah in the Marathi language | ||
| आभा | abha | 50 |
| अबह | abaha | 50 |
| Abah in the Arabic language | ||
| أباح | abah | - |
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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 Abah
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