Abecka Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Abecka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Abecka Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Abecka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Abecka (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺑﻜﻪ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Abecka? popularity and diffusion

The last name Abecka is the 8,193,072nd most common last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Abecka occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Abecka are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.

Abecka is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 1,364,954. In Mauritania Abecka is most numerous in: Adrar Region, where 33 percent reside, Assaba Region, where 33 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 33 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 20 percent reside and Uganda, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abecke8313/
Abicka832/
Habecki77112/
Habecke7718/
Ambicka7710/
Abicca6741/
Abicky6713/
Abetskaya678/
Obacka678/
Obycka677/
Obecke671/
Obicka671/
Obecká671/
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Abecka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Abecka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺁﺑﻜﻪabkh-

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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 Abecka
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