Abdoulai Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Abdoulai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 271 | 1:76,639 | 9,456 |
| Benin | 30 | 1:344,520 | 26,827 |
| Niger | 28 | 1:685,429 | 16,503 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
The alternate forms: Abdoulaï (12) & Abdoulaî (2) are calculated separately.
Abdoulai (1,588) may also be a first name.
Abdoulai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abdoulai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abdoulai is found most in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as a variant: Abdoulaï or Abdoulaî. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abdoulai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 818,364th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,433,959 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Abdoulai are found; 52 percent are found in Central Africa and 46 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 194,032nd most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 1,588 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 271 people, or 1 in 76,639. In Cameroon it is most common in: East Region, where 27 percent live, Far North Region, where 24 percent live and Centre Region, where 13 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 9 percent live and Niger, where 8 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 Abdoulai
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