Abbrey Surname

515,280th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 633 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Abbrey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abbrey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana6231:43,3724,874
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Abbrey (10) may also be a first name.

Abbrey Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Abbrey Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Abbrey is most common in Ghana. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Abbrey? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 515,280th most frequently used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 11,512,711 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Abbrey reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name at a global level It is held by 10 people.

The surname Abbrey is most common in Ghana, where it is carried by 623 people, or 1 in 43,372. Outside of Ghana this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Abbrey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Abbrey has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Abbrey last name grew 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gabbrey920/
Abbry912/
Awbrey831,122/
Abbreu833/
Abbret830/
Auwbrey779/
Gabbrie771/
Aubbree771/
Gabbray770/
Abbra7373/
Abbri7356/
Awbry734/
Obbry731/
Abbrecht7144/
Habbra67254/
Abbrat6717/
Gabbra673/
Aubbri673/
Abbrid672/
Awbray672/
Abbras671/
Habbri671/
Abbriz671/
Hebbre671/
Habbrecht670/
Hobbry670/

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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 Abbrey
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