Abbah Surname
Approximately 7,593 people bear this surname
Abbah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5,967 | 1:29,687 | 2,498 |
| Ghana | 970 | 1:27,856 | 3,309 |
| Philippines | 224 | 1:451,956 | 55,298 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Mauritania | 64 | 1:63,982 | 4,428 |
| Cameroon | 44 | 1:472,024 | 38,779 |
| Ivory Coast | 24 | 1:961,301 | 23,927 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Abbah (1,555) may also be a first name.
Abbah Demographics
Average Abbah Salary in
United States
$56,650 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Abbah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abbah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abbah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺑﺎﻩ) is found most in Nigeria. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Abbah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 65,712th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 959,772 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Abbah live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 196,508th most commonly occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 1,555 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5,967 people, or 1 in 29,687. In Nigeria Abbah is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 18 percent reside, Kaduna, where 8 percent reside and Lagos, where 8 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 34 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 13 percent reside and The Philippines, where 3 percent reside.
Abbah Last Name Statistics demography
Abbah earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 31.29% more than the national average, earning $56,650 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abbah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abbah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺑﺎﻩ | abah | 68.75 |
| ﺃﺑﺎﻩ | abah | 9.38 |
| ﺁﺑﺢ | abh | 9.38 |
| ﺍﺑﺎﻩ | abah | 6.25 |
| ﻋﺒﻪ | bh | 3.13 |
| ﺁﺍﺑﺎﻩ | aabah | 3.13 |
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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 Abbah
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