Abdiwahid Surname

139,923rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Abdiwahid Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abdiwahid Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia1,9611:6,860546
Kenya1,2191:37,8834,052
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Somaliland11:3,500,1821,592
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Abdiwahid (11,009) may also be a first name.

Abdiwahid Last Name Facts

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

The last name Abdiwahid is more commonly found in Somalia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Abdiwahid? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 139,923rd most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,283,066 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Abdiwahid reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. Abdiwahid is also the 57,432nd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 11,009 people.

The surname is most widely held in Somalia, where it is held by 1,961 people, or 1 in 6,860. Excluding Somalia Abdiwahid is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 38 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Abdiwahid Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Abdiwahid last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Abdiwahid
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