Abega Surname
Approximately 6,854 people bear this surname
Abega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 6,554 | 1:3,169 | 382 |
| Nigeria | 91 | 1:1,946,624 | 68,955 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| France | 41 | 1:1,620,066 | 149,911 |
| Mauritania | 24 | 1:170,619 | 9,051 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
The alternate forms: Abéga (2) are calculated separately.
Abega (628) may also be a first name.
Abega Demographics
Average Abega Salary in
United States
$54,725 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Abega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abega (Georgian: აბეგა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺑﻜﻪ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Abéga. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abega? popularity and diffusion
The last name Abega is the 71,997th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,063,254 people. The last name Abega is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Abega live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Abega is also the 332,375th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 628 people.
The surname Abega is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 6,554 people, or 1 in 3,169. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 80 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 8 percent are found and South Region, where 4 percent are found. Not including Cameroon Abega exists in 33 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Abega Last Name Statistics demography
Abega earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.83% more than the national average, earning $54,725 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abega Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abega in the Georgian language | ||
| აბეგა | abega | - |
| Abega in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺑﻜﻪ | abkh | 80 |
| ﺍﺑﻚ | abk | 20 |
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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 Abega
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