Abaou Surname
Approximately 577 people bear this surname
Abaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Benin | 127 | 1:81,383 | 9,612 |
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Abaou (58) may also be a first name.
Abaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abaou is carried by more people in Togo than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Abaou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Abaou is the 552,857th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 12,630,062 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Abaou live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 58 people.
This last name is most frequent in Togo, where it is held by 420 people, or 1 in 17,257. Outside of Togo Abaou occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 22 percent are found and Niger, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Abaou
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