Abdalahi Surname

1,035,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 243 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Abdalahi Surname User-submission:

This is a Somali variation of the Arabic surname Abdullah, meaning 'slave of God'.

Abdalahi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania1051:38,9993,043
Niger701:274,1728,473
Spain341:1,375,06044,096
Iran171:4,516,619115,816
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Abdalahi (342) may also be a first name.

Abdalahi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is a Somali variation of the Arabic surname Abdullah, meaning 'slave of God'.

- abdurahmaan

Abdalahi Last Name Facts

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

Abdalahi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺒﺪﺍﻟﻠﻪ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Abdalahi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,035,555th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 29,989,901 people. The last name Abdalahi is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Abdalahi are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Abdalahi is also the 472,030th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 342 people.

The surname is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 38,999. In Mauritania Abdalahi is most common in: Assaba Region, where 33 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 17 percent live and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 11 percent live. Outside of Mauritania this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 29 percent live and Spain, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Abdalahi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Abdalahi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻋﺒﺪﺍﻟﻠﻪbdallh91.67
ﺍﻟﻠﻪallh8.33

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