Abarahams Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Abarahams Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Abarahams Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Abarahams Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Abarahams Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Abarahams occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Abarahams.

How Common Is The Last Name Abarahams? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Abarahams occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Abarahams reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 50 percent live and Western Cape, where 50 percent live. Besides South Africa Abarahams is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 percent live.

Abarahams Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Abarahams has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Abarahams last name declined 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abarhams944/
Abarams886/
Aberhams822/
Abharams821/
Aberams756/
Avarams751/
Abarachens742/
Abarons637/
Obarans631/
Aboremsh591/

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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 Abarahams
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