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 carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Abakaï. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abakai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 926,175th most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,570,337 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Abakai are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Abakai is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 18 people.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 239 people, or 1 in 86,900. In Cameroon Abakai is most common in: Far North Region, where 71 percent reside, North Region, where 21 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 6 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 8 percent reside and Iran, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Abakai
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