Abake Surname
Approximately 212 people bear this surname
Abake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 159 | 1:1,114,105 | 45,936 |
| Burkina Faso | 20 | 1:917,605 | 9,572 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Abaké (1) are calculated separately.
Abake (2,735) may also be a first name.
Abake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abake Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abake (Arabic: عباكه, Marathi: आबाके, Russian: Абаке) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Abaké. Click here for further potential spellings of Abake.
How Common Is The Last Name Abake? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,136,896th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,375,217 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Abake live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abake is also the 139,808th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 2,735 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 1,114,105. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ogun, where 21 percent live, Cross River, where 20 percent live and Lagos, where 17 percent live. Beside Nigeria Abake occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 9 percent live and Benin, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abake Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abake in the Marathi language | ||
| आबाके | abake | 50 |
| आबके | abake | 50 |
| Abake in the Russian language | ||
| Абаке | abake | - |
| Abake in the Arabic language | ||
| عباكه | bakh | - |
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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 Abake
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