Abakai Surname
Approximately 285 people bear this surname
Abakai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 239 | 1:86,900 | 10,503 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Abakaï (1) are calculated separately.
Abakai (18) may also be a first name.
Abakai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abakai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abakai is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Abakaï. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abakai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 926,175th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 25,570,337 people. Abakai occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Abakai live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most numerous given name throughout the world, borne by 18 people.
The last name Abakai is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 239 people, or 1 in 86,900. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 71 percent live, North Region, where 21 percent live and Littoral Region, where 6 percent live. Other than Cameroon this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 8 percent live and Iran, where 6 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 Abakai
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