Abdirahan Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Abdirahan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abdirahan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Abdirahan (241) may also be a first name.

Abdirahan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Abdirahan occurs most in Somalia. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Abdirahan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Abdirahan live; 57 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Abdirahan is also the 575,894th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 241 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Somalia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 3,363,015. Without taking into account Somalia it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 14 percent live and Sudan, where 14 percent live.

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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 Abdirahan
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