Abass Surname
Approximately 168,282 people bear this surname
Abass Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 56,560 | 1:663 | 80 |
| Nigeria | 26,991 | 1:6,563 | 792 |
| Egypt | 21,935 | 1:4,191 | 563 |
| Ghana | 16,071 | 1:1,681 | 276 |
| Niger | 7,899 | 1:2,430 | 259 |
| Pakistan | 6,710 | 1:26,624 | 1,381 |
| Tanzania | 5,261 | 1:10,063 | 1,304 |
| Kenya | 4,127 | 1:11,190 | 1,406 |
| Ethiopia | 4,024 | 1:24,241 | 3,065 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3,737 | 1:8,257 | 1,150 |
| Somalia | 3,676 | 1:3,659 | 334 |
| India | 2,916 | 1:263,054 | 15,121 |
| Chad | 2,311 | 1:5,882 | 869 |
| Togo | 1,155 | 1:6,275 | 1,305 |
| Mauritania | 921 | 1:4,446 | 528 |
| Djibouti | 749 | 1:1,222 | 138 |
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| Mali | 323 | 1:52,536 | 1,331 |
| England | 298 | 1:186,973 | 16,679 |
| United States | 279 | 1:1,299,136 | 91,043 |
| Iraq | 278 | 1:125,977 | 3,498 |
| South Africa | 254 | 1:213,298 | 22,519 |
| Bahrain | 191 | 1:7,061 | 1,301 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Kuwait | 116 | 1:32,765 | 4,071 |
| Cameroon | 84 | 1:247,251 | 24,294 |
| United Arab Emirates | 79 | 1:115,978 | 9,837 |
| Canada | 65 | 1:566,855 | 47,218 |
| Benin | 63 | 1:164,057 | 16,557 |
| Qatar | 62 | 1:38,032 | 3,887 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 57 | 1:23,929 | 2,651 |
| Uganda | 51 | 1:765,476 | 37,015 |
| Sierra Leone | 49 | 1:144,686 | 305 |
| Malaysia | 46 | 1:641,179 | 30,740 |
| Spain | 40 | 1:1,168,801 | 40,601 |
| Sweden | 24 | 1:410,282 | 29,154 |
| Ivory Coast | 21 | 1:1,098,630 | 25,989 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Algeria | 13 | 1:2,971,658 | 45,332 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Guyana | 11 | 1:69,293 | 5,568 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Jordan | 9 | 1:982,493 | 16,126 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Lebanon | 9 | 1:626,343 | 14,059 |
| Yemen | 9 | 1:2,936,144 | 15,216 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1:54,299 | 3,881 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Iran | 5 | 1:15,356,505 | 213,424 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
Abass (118,654) may also be a first name.
Abass Demographics
Abass Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Abass Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abass Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abass (Dhivehi: ޢައްބާސ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺒﺎﺱ, Hindi: अब्बास, Marathi: बास, Oriya: ଆବାସ, Russian: Абасс) is found in Sudan more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Abass click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abass? popularity and diffusion
The surname Abass is the 3,330th most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 43,306 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Abass live; 47 percent live in North Africa and 47 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 8,691st most frequently occurring given name worldwide, held by 118,654 people.
The last name Abass is most frequently used in Sudan, where it is borne by 56,560 people, or 1 in 663. Outside of Sudan it exists in 96 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 16 percent reside and Egypt, where 13 percent reside.
Abass Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Abass has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 9,933 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Abass Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Muslim (83%) in Kenya and Muslim (74%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Abass surname are 5.74% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 58.97% registered with the party.
The amount Abass earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 15.8% less than the national average, earning R 200,088 per year; in United States they earn 17.83% more than the national average, earning $50,844 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.15% more than the national average, earning $49,757 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abass Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abass in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆବାସ | abasa | - |
| Abass in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ޢައްބާސ | abas | - |
| Abass in the Marathi language | ||
| बास | basa | 83.33 |
| आबास | abasa | 16.67 |
| Abass in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺒﺎﺱ | bas | 81.45 |
| ﺍﻟﻌﺒﺎﺱ | albas | 17.48 |
| ﺁﺑﺎﺱ | abas | 0.43 |
| ﺍﺑﺎﺱ | abas | 0.21 |
| ﻟﻌﺒﺎﺱ | lbas | 0.21 |
| Abass in the Hindi language | ||
| अब्बास | abbasa | 66.67 |
| अब्वास | abvasa | 33.33 |
| Abass in the Russian language | ||
| Абасс | abass | - |
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Footnotes
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