Abduwahab Surname

385,337th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 922 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Somalia

Abduwahab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abduwahab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5141:344,63618,677
Somalia2451:54,9062,420
Tanzania1451:365,11526,840
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Abduwahab (1,991) may also be a first name.

Abduwahab Last Name Facts

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

The last name Abduwahab is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Abduwahab.

How Common Is The Last Name Abduwahab? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 385,337th most frequently used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 7,904,063 people. The surname Abduwahab is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Abduwahab reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 169,468th most widespread forename at a global level. It is borne by 1,991 people.

The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 514 people, or 1 in 344,636. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kano, where 18 percent are found, Oyo, where 12 percent are found and Bauchi, where 10 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 27 percent are found and Tanzania, where 16 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Abduwahaab9519/
Aabduwahab951/
Abduwhab942/
Abduwahb941/
Abduwaab941/
Abdiwahab896,808/
Abduwahap891/
Abduwab885/
Abdiwahaab84346/
Abdiwhab8217/
Abdusswab781/
Abdiwab751/
Abdubaap711/
Abduvapova63404/
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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 Abduwahab
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