Abdalla Surname
Approximately 916,033 people bear this surname
Abdalla Surname User-submission:
An Arabic name, meaning 'servant of God' (Allah).
Abdala in Brazil might commonly be borne by Lebanese immigrants at the beginning of the 20th century. In Lebanon, it might originally represent a Christian surname - not Muslim.
Read More About This SurnameAbdalla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 620,484 | 1:60 | 8 |
| Egypt | 80,388 | 1:1,144 | 164 |
| Tanzania | 60,313 | 1:878 | 110 |
| Libya | 36,616 | 1:171 | 19 |
| Kenya | 33,513 | 1:1,378 | 223 |
| Saudi Arabia | 25,361 | 1:1,217 | 116 |
| Somalia | 10,685 | 1:1,259 | 126 |
| Yemen | 8,755 | 1:3,018 | 460 |
| Ethiopia | 7,566 | 1:12,893 | 1,855 |
| South Sudan | 5,284 | 1:2,160 | 418 |
| Brazil | 3,701 | 1:57,842 | 2,178 |
| United States | 3,043 | 1:119,112 | 12,767 |
| Angola | 2,563 | 1:10,530 | 1,295 |
| Mauritania | 2,381 | 1:1,720 | 216 |
| Nigeria | 1,495 | 1:118,490 | 7,835 |
| Syria | 1,428 | 1:13,516 | 1,105 |
| Ghana | 1,039 | 1:26,006 | 3,108 |
| Qatar | 1,039 | 1:2,269 | 198 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,002 | 1:9,144 | 1,143 |
| England | 783 | 1:71,160 | 8,163 |
| Kuwait | 685 | 1:5,548 | 756 |
| Canada | 674 | 1:54,667 | 6,497 |
| Niger | 652 | 1:29,436 | 1,683 |
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Somaliland | 505 | 1:6,931 | 496 |
| Bahrain | 455 | 1:2,964 | 487 |
| Sweden | 449 | 1:21,930 | 1,822 |
| Iraq | 393 | 1:89,114 | 2,799 |
| Oman | 365 | 1:10,104 | 1,284 |
| Indonesia | 324 | 1:408,177 | 34,513 |
| DR Congo | 267 | 1:276,703 | 25,802 |
| Germany | 220 | 1:365,934 | 34,941 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Australia | 197 | 1:137,034 | 14,802 |
| Uganda | 193 | 1:202,276 | 16,174 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Thailand | 156 | 1:452,810 | 79,462 |
| Austria | 153 | 1:55,656 | 8,727 |
| Netherlands | 132 | 1:127,933 | 19,924 |
| Bolivia | 121 | 1:87,739 | 3,729 |
| Cameroon | 119 | 1:174,530 | 18,525 |
| Djibouti | 100 | 1:9,149 | 584 |
| Ireland | 95 | 1:49,568 | 3,605 |
| Spain | 92 | 1:508,174 | 25,386 |
| Malaysia | 88 | 1:335,162 | 17,995 |
| Philippines | 88 | 1:1,150,434 | 92,307 |
| Guatemala | 82 | 1:196,130 | 3,786 |
| Jordan | 61 | 1:144,958 | 8,330 |
| Norway | 55 | 1:93,496 | 12,846 |
| Venezuela | 54 | 1:559,335 | 10,264 |
| France | 52 | 1:1,277,360 | 130,443 |
| Italy | 52 | 1:1,176,090 | 74,216 |
| Denmark | 48 | 1:117,598 | 10,848 |
| South Africa | 46 | 1:1,177,776 | 67,773 |
| Belgium | 45 | 1:255,481 | 31,256 |
| Russia | 42 | 1:3,431,501 | 177,080 |
| Ukraine | 33 | 1:1,379,476 | 113,823 |
| Greece | 32 | 1:346,243 | 48,387 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Wales | 25 | 1:123,781 | 9,267 |
| Malta | 24 | 1:17,928 | 1,021 |
| Burkina Faso | 23 | 1:797,917 | 8,915 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| China | 22 | 1:62,150,980 | 3,380 |
| Finland | 22 | 1:249,850 | 19,707 |
| Romania | 22 | 1:912,630 | 52,244 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1:254,944 | 12,577 |
| Poland | 20 | 1:1,900,437 | 96,203 |
| Hungary | 19 | 1:516,646 | 32,401 |
| Costa Rica | 16 | 1:298,754 | 3,169 |
| Croatia | 13 | 1:325,277 | 30,776 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Northern Ireland | 12 | 1:153,753 | 8,250 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 1:411,666 | 31,040 |
| Turkey | 11 | 1:7,074,675 | 122,870 |
| Algeria | 9 | 1:4,292,395 | 48,087 |
| Burundi | 9 | 1:1,089,428 | 846 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Palestine | 2 | 1:2,274,424 | 17,661 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Abdàlla (1) are calculated separately.
Abdalla (370,266) may also be a first name.
Abdalla Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
An Arabic name, meaning 'servant of God' (Allah).
Abdala in Brazil might commonly be borne by Lebanese immigrants at the beginning of the 20th century. In Lebanon, it might originally represent a Christian surname - not Muslim.
- sabdalaAbdalla Demographics
Average Male Abdalla Height
174.2 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Abdalla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abdalla Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abdalla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺒﺪﺍﻟﻠﻪ, Hindi: अब्दल्ला, Russian: Абдалла) is found in Sudan more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Abdàlla. For other potential spellings of Abdalla click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abdalla? popularity and diffusion
The surname Abdalla is the 593rd most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 7,956 people. The surname Abdalla is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Abdalla live; 81 percent live in North Africa and 81 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Abdalla is also the 2,810th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 370,266 people.
It is most frequent in Sudan, where it is borne by 620,484 people, or 1 in 60. Not including Sudan this surname occurs in 136 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 9 percent live and Tanzania, where 7 percent live.
Abdalla Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Abdalla last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Russia, Muslim (84%) in Kenya and Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Abdalla are 4.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.59% registered with the party.
The amount Abdalla earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 60.24% less than the national average, earning €11,940 per year; in Norway they earn 30.87% less than the national average, earning 239,237 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 19.08% more than the national average, earning R 282,972 per year; in Colombia they earn 20.41% less than the national average, earning $18,069,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.32% more than the national average, earning $45,014 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.92% less than the national average, earning $44,259 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abdalla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abdalla in the Hindi language | ||
| अब्दल्ला | abdalla | 83.33 |
| अबदल्ला | abadalla | 8.33 |
| अब्दल्ुला | abdalula | 8.33 |
| Abdalla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺒﺪﺍﻟﻠﻪ | bdallh | 53.7 |
| ﻋﺒﺪﺍﻟﻞ | bdall | 18.52 |
| ﻋﺒﺪﻝ | bdl | 10.19 |
| ﻋﺒﺪﻟﻞ | bdll | 5.56 |
| ﺍﻟﻠﻪ | allh | 2.78 |
| ﻋﺒﺪﺍﻻ | bdala | 1.85 |
| ﻋﺒﺪﺍﻟﻠﻰ | bdally | 1.85 |
| ﺍﻋﺒﺪﺍﻟﻞ | abdall | 0.93 |
| Abdalla in the Russian language | ||
| Абдалла | abdalla | - |
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