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) occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abbah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 65,712th most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 959,772 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Abbah live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abbah is also the 196,508th most frequently used forename at a global level. It is borne by 1,555 people.
Abbah is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 5,967 people, or 1 in 29,687. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 18 percent are found, Kaduna, where 8 percent are found and Lagos, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 13 percent are found and The Philippines, where 3 percent are found.
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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