Abdurasheed Surname

246,410th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,614 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Abdurasheed Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abdurasheed Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,5051:117,7037,794
Pakistan921:1,941,78118,932
India141:54,790,384527,769
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Abdurasheed (2,263) may also be a first name.

Abdurasheed Last Name Facts

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

The surname Abdurasheed has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Abdurasheed? popularity and diffusion

The surname Abdurasheed is the 246,410th most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,515,208 people. The last name Abdurasheed is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Abdurasheed are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abdurasheed is also the 156,910th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 2,263 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,505 people, or 1 in 117,703. In Nigeria Abdurasheed is most numerous in: Kano, where 12 percent reside, Oyo, where 10 percent reside and Bauchi, where 9 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 6 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.

Abdurasheed Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Abdurasheed last name is primarily Muslim (93%) in Nigeria.

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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 Abdurasheed
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