Abayah Surname
Approximately 307 people bear this surname
Abayah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Abayah (24) may also be a first name.
Abayah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abayah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abayah is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abayah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Abayah is the 878,878th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 23,737,935 people. The last name Abayah is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Abayah live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 24 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is carried by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Apart from Ghana this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 8 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
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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 Abayah
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