Abbaye Surname
Approximately 1,023 people bear this surname
Abbaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 867 | 1:15,677 | 1,955 |
| Niger | 67 | 1:286,448 | 8,737 |
| France | 50 | 1:1,328,454 | 133,611 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Abbaye (79) may also be a first name.
Abbaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abbaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abbaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺑﻲ) occurs in Chad more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Abbaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abbaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 355,394th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 7,123,701 people. The last name Abbaye is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Abbaye reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,083,225th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 79 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Chad, where it is carried by 867 people, or 1 in 15,677. Outside of Chad this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 7 percent are found and France, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abbaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abbaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺑﻲ | aby | 66.67 |
| ﺁﺑﺎﻱ | abay | 33.33 |
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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 Abbaye
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