Abdulwahabi Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Abdulwahabi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abdulwahabi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria681:2,605,04184,856
Tanzania401:1,323,54046,782
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

Abdulwahabi (89) may also be a first name.

Abdulwahabi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Abdulwahabi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Abdulwahabi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,755,741st most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name Abdulwahabi occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Abdulwahabi live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,011,231st most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 89 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 2,605,041. In Nigeria Abdulwahabi is mostly concentrated in: Kaduna, where 22 percent reside, Kwara, where 19 percent reside and Niger, where 18 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 37 percent reside and Iraq, where 1 percent reside.

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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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  • 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 Abdulwahabi
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