Abahia Surname
Approximately 272 people bear this surname
Abahia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 271 | 1:653,663 | 30,600 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Abahia (13) may also be a first name.
Abahia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abahia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abahia is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Abahia.
How Common Is The Last Name Abahia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 959,117th most frequently used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 26,792,448 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Abahia are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abahia is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 13 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 271 people, or 1 in 653,663. In Nigeria Abahia is most common in: Benue, where 75 percent live, Nasarawa, where 14 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 0 percent live.
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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 Abahia
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