Abbeye Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Abbeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Abbeye (14) may also be a first name.
Abbeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abbeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abbeye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺑﻲ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Abbeye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abbeye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Abbeye is the 6,360,413th most common last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Abbeye is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Abbeye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 14 people.
It is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 818,973. In Mauritania Abbeye is most frequent in: Assaba Region, where 40 percent live, Adrar Region, where 20 percent live and Gorgol Region, where 20 percent live. Not including Mauritania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 33 percent live and Nigeria, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abbeye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abbeye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺑﻲ | aby | 80 |
| ﺁﺑﺎﻱ | abay | 20 |
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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 Abbeye
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