Abdallah Surname
Approximately 900,953 people bear this surname
Abdallah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 240,802 | 1:156 | 18 |
| Tanzania | 230,885 | 1:229 | 12 |
| Egypt | 187,195 | 1:491 | 57 |
| Chad | 50,453 | 1:269 | 24 |
| Saudi Arabia | 37,644 | 1:820 | 51 |
| Comoros | 23,205 | 1:32 | 8 |
| Ghana | 18,911 | 1:1,429 | 238 |
| Libya | 17,031 | 1:367 | 59 |
| Kenya | 16,950 | 1:2,724 | 430 |
| France | 8,929 | 1:7,439 | 649 |
| Djibouti | 8,713 | 1:105 | 22 |
| Algeria | 8,265 | 1:4,674 | 729 |
| Madagascar | 6,597 | 1:3,585 | 756 |
| Morocco | 6,373 | 1:5,410 | 647 |
| South Sudan | 4,756 | 1:2,400 | 474 |
| United States | 4,339 | 1:83,535 | 9,467 |
| Niger | 3,264 | 1:5,880 | 510 |
| Nigeria | 2,867 | 1:61,787 | 4,580 |
| Rwanda | 2,481 | 1:4,581 | 1,120 |
| Angola | 2,366 | 1:11,407 | 1,401 |
| Somalia | 1,716 | 1:7,839 | 603 |
| Uganda | 1,381 | 1:28,269 | 3,907 |
| Mauritania | 1,174 | 1:3,488 | 423 |
| Brazil | 1,150 | 1:186,152 | 7,188 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,149 | 1:7,974 | 999 |
| Kuwait | 1,147 | 1:3,314 | 438 |
| DR Congo | 1,108 | 1:66,678 | 7,870 |
| Canada | 701 | 1:52,561 | 6,304 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| Qatar | 587 | 1:4,017 | 406 |
| Bahrain | 573 | 1:2,354 | 365 |
| England | 524 | 1:106,332 | 11,110 |
| Tunisia | 498 | 1:1,226 | 92 |
| Oman | 442 | 1:8,344 | 1,152 |
| Sweden | 438 | 1:22,481 | 1,857 |
| Philippines | 434 | 1:233,268 | 35,601 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Australia | 417 | 1:64,738 | 7,754 |
| Germany | 415 | 1:193,989 | 22,411 |
| Mali | 387 | 1:43,848 | 1,206 |
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Gabon | 253 | 1:7,467 | 1,394 |
| Spain | 245 | 1:190,825 | 13,260 |
| Indonesia | 227 | 1:582,596 | 46,553 |
| Thailand | 166 | 1:425,532 | 74,519 |
| Denmark | 156 | 1:36,184 | 3,772 |
| Cameroon | 152 | 1:136,639 | 15,295 |
| Venezuela | 152 | 1:198,711 | 5,422 |
| Belgium | 151 | 1:76,137 | 12,057 |
| Iraq | 147 | 1:238,243 | 5,207 |
| Jordan | 140 | 1:63,160 | 5,663 |
| Netherlands | 113 | 1:149,444 | 22,442 |
| Mauritius | 89 | 1:14,533 | 3,065 |
| Switzerland | 82 | 1:100,158 | 10,705 |
| Dominican Republic | 77 | 1:135,493 | 5,426 |
| Argentina | 70 | 1:610,620 | 43,172 |
| South Africa | 57 | 1:950,486 | 60,033 |
| Israel | 53 | 1:161,465 | 16,670 |
| Ivory Coast | 51 | 1:452,377 | 14,862 |
| Syria | 51 | 1:378,451 | 4,826 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Norway | 48 | 1:107,131 | 14,344 |
| Greece | 45 | 1:246,218 | 37,554 |
| Burkina Faso | 44 | 1:417,093 | 6,319 |
| Malaysia | 42 | 1:702,243 | 33,141 |
| Italy | 40 | 1:1,528,917 | 81,534 |
| Benin | 38 | 1:271,990 | 23,227 |
| Senegal | 35 | 1:416,553 | 1,967 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| Costa Rica | 30 | 1:159,336 | 2,242 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 26 | 1:4,245 | 679 |
| Lebanon | 25 | 1:225,483 | 8,917 |
| Russia | 24 | 1:6,005,127 | 248,576 |
| China | 23 | 1:59,448,764 | 3,236 |
| Pakistan | 22 | 1:8,120,177 | 43,015 |
| Paraguay | 22 | 1:328,943 | 5,083 |
| Liberia | 21 | 1:209,930 | 13,691 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Nicaragua | 20 | 1:301,054 | 3,003 |
| Scotland | 19 | 1:281,780 | 13,396 |
| Czechia | 16 | 1:664,592 | 62,292 |
| Wales | 15 | 1:206,302 | 13,003 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Iceland | 14 | 1:27,149 | 2,069 |
| Colombia | 13 | 1:3,674,929 | 15,922 |
| Eritrea | 9 | 1:527,989 | 318 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Congo | 8 | 1:623,637 | 15,053 |
| Cyprus | 8 | 1:110,610 | 8,315 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Guinea | 6 | 1:1,972,303 | 1,775 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Puerto Rico | 5 | 1:710,028 | 4,074 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Abdallah (526,512) may also be a first name.
Abdallah Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Arabic) The servant of God.
(Turkish.) The servant of God.
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.
- sabdalaThis name originates mostly from Lebanon but traces back to Islamic names that can be used for Hajj. It is an Arabic name.
- amiradallahThis surname is a Somali spelling of the Arabic surname Abdullah, which means 'slave of God'.
- abdurahmaanAbdallah Demographics
Abdallah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Abdallah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abdallah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abdallah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺒﺪﺍﻟﻠﻪ, Hindi: अब्दल्लाह) is borne by more people in Sudan than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abdallah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 604th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,089 people. The last name Abdallah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Abdallah reside; 51 percent reside in North Africa and 49 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 1,908th most frequently used given name world-wide It is held by 526,512 people.
The surname is most common in Sudan, where it is carried by 240,802 people, or 1 in 156. Without taking into account Sudan it exists in 143 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 26 percent reside and Egypt, where 21 percent reside.
Abdallah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Abdallah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Abdallah last name increased 144,633 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 13,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Abdallah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Abdallah surname is principally Muslim (73%) in Kenya and Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Abdallah surname are 4.72% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.95% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Abdallah earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 11.29% less than the national average, earning 307,024 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 511.22% more than the national average, earning R 1,452,480 per year; in Colombia they earn 22.49% more than the national average, earning $27,808,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.85% more than the national average, earning $47,830 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.23% less than the national average, earning $42,613 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abdallah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abdallah in the Hindi language | ||
| अब्दल्लाह | abdallaha | - |
| Abdallah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺒﺪﺍﻟﻠﻪ | bdallh | 87.5 |
| ﺍﻟﻠﻪ | allh | 4.69 |
| ﻋﺒﺪ | bd | 3.13 |
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