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
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Abah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abah (Arabic: أباح, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺑﺎﻩ, Hindi: अबध, Marathi: आभा) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Abah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,466th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 108,270 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Abah live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 72,748th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 7,723 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 58,628 people, or 1 in 3,021. In Nigeria Abah is mostly found in: Benue, where 38 percent reside, Kogi, where 12 percent reside and Lagos, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 61 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 6 percent reside and Ghana, where 2 percent reside.
Abah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (97%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Abah last name are 7.78% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.55% registered with the 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
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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 Abah
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