Abataya Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Abataya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Abataya (12) may also be a first name.
Abataya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abataya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abataya is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abataya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,555,468th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Abataya reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held forename throughout the world, borne by 12 people.
It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 692,302. In Cameroon Abataya is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 97 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 32 percent reside and The Philippines, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Abataya
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