Abbagana Surname

170,055th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,536 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Chad

Abbagana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abbagana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,4511:122,0838,033
Cameroon5391:38,5335,151
Chad3851:35,3044,109
Niger1541:124,6234,816
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
France11:66,422,722504,397

Abbagana (4,353) may also be a first name.

Abbagana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Abbagana Come From? nationality or country of origin

Abbagana is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Abbagana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Abbagana is the 170,055th most widespread last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,873,638 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Abbagana are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abbagana is also the 104,685th most frequently occurring given name worldwide, held by 4,353 people.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,451 people, or 1 in 122,083. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Borno, where 64 percent live, Yobe, where 25 percent live and Adamawa, where 4 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 21 percent live and Chad, where 15 percent live.

Abbagana Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Muslim (99%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Abbagana
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis