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
The last name Abayah occurs most in Ghana. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abayah? popularity and diffusion
Abayah is the 878,878th most commonly used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 23,737,935 people. The last name Abayah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Abayah are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abayah is also the 2,187,323rd most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 24 people.
Abayah is most widely held in Ghana, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Without taking into account Ghana this last name occurs 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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