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

The surname Abbagana is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Abbagana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Abbagana is the 170,055th most widespread last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,873,638 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Abbagana reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abbagana is also the 104,685th most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 4,353 people.

It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,451 people, or 1 in 122,083. In Nigeria Abbagana is primarily concentrated in: Borno, where 64 percent reside, Yobe, where 25 percent reside and Adamawa, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Abbagana exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 21 percent reside and Chad, where 15 percent reside.

Abbagana Last Name Statistics demography

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

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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
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  • 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
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