Abayu Surname
Approximately 1,991 people bear this surname
Abayu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,932 | 1:50,490 | 5,344 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Argentina | 25 | 1:1,709,737 | 90,467 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Abayu (949) may also be a first name.
Abayu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abayu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abayu is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abayu? popularity and diffusion
Abayu is the 207,845th most widely held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,660,244 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Abayu reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 262,241st most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 949 people.
Abayu is most common in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,932 people, or 1 in 50,490. Beside Ethiopia it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found and Argentina, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Abayu
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