Abanifi Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Abanifi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 98 | 1:1,807,579 | 65,389 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Abanifi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abanifi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abanifi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abanifi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Abanifi is the 1,775,494th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Abanifi live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 1,807,579. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Enugu, where 49 percent are found, Abia, where 24 percent are found and Lagos, where 20 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Abanifi exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abanife | 86 | 5 | / |
| Abomnifi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Yabanifa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Abanfo | 77 | 5 | / |
| Abonfi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abaniv | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abanfa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abanof | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abu Hanif | 75 | 57,245 | / |
| Abu-Hanif | 75 | 2 | / |
| Abu-Anifa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ewah-Abanifi | 74 | 2 | / |
| Abu Hanifiah | 74 | 1 | / |
| Abu Hanifa | 71 | 11,106 | / |
| Abu Hanafi | 71 | 794 | / |
| Obanife | 71 | 34 | / |
| Awanife | 71 | 30 | / |
| Abanafa | 71 | 11 | / |
| Abanofu | 71 | 11 | / |
| Abonifo | 71 | 11 | / |
| Apanifa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Abanofo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Abu Hanife | 71 | 2 | / |
| Abanoff | 71 | 1 | / |
| Apanifu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abu Haniff | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abianfo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abanfoa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abunofi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abanafe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obanufi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obanifa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abu Hanfia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abu Naif | 67 | 122 | / |
| Abu Nafi | 67 | 122 | / |
| Obianife | 67 | 120 | / |
| Abu Hanifah | 67 | 118 | / |
| Abu Haniffa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Abounaif | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aebinyuifie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abba Hanifa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ubhaniiv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abhainiv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abhaniph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abue-Hanifa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abu Hanafie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obanafia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abhnf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abu Nifa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abnof | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obanefe | 57 | 69 | / |
| Awonifa | 57 | 14 | / |
| Obanufe | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Abanifi
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