Abbakar Surname
Approximately 49,595 people bear this surname
Abbakar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 42,087 | 1:4,209 | 565 |
| Sudan | 7,000 | 1:5,359 | 780 |
| Cameroon | 348 | 1:59,681 | 7,684 |
| Tanzania | 124 | 1:426,948 | 29,878 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Abbakar (31,926) may also be a first name.
Abbakar Demographics
Abbakar Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Abbakar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abbakar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abbakar (Hindi: अब्बकर, Marathi: बकर) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abbakar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 11,332nd most common last name globally It is held by around 1 in 146,941 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Abbakar live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 26,570th most frequently occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 31,926 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 42,087 people, or 1 in 4,209. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kebbi, where 30 percent live, Zamfara, where 18 percent live and Sokoto, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Abbakar occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 14 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Abbakar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Muslim (50%) in Kenya and Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abbakar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abbakar in the Hindi language | ||
| अब्बकर | abbakara | - |
| Abbakar in the Marathi language | ||
| बकर | bakara | 75 |
| बाकर | bakara | 25 |
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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 Abbakar
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