Abeka Surname
Approximately 6,087 people bear this surname
Abeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 4,503 | 1:6,001 | 827 |
| Uganda | 631 | 1:61,869 | 7,123 |
| Kenya | 300 | 1:153,933 | 12,224 |
| Nigeria | 185 | 1:957,528 | 40,908 |
| DR Congo | 171 | 1:432,044 | 35,878 |
| Algeria | 156 | 1:247,638 | 26,688 |
| Mauritania | 41 | 1:99,875 | 6,187 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Congo | 14 | 1:356,364 | 9,454 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Abeka (581) may also be a first name.
Abeka Demographics
Average Abeka Salary in
Canada
$44,411 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Abeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abeka (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺑﻚ, Marathi: अबेका, Oriya: ଅେବକା) is held by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abeka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 80,077th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,197,231 people. Abeka occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Abeka live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abeka is also the 347,331st most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 581 people.
The last name Abeka is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is carried by 4,503 people, or 1 in 6,001. Other than Ghana it is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 10 percent live and Kenya, where 5 percent live.
Abeka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Abeka surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Abeka earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 10.61% less than the national average, earning $44,411 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abeka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abeka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅେବକା | aebaka | - |
| Abeka in the Marathi language | ||
| अबेका | abeka | - |
| Abeka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺑﻚ | abk | 70 |
| ﺍﺑﻜﻪ | abkh | 10 |
| ﺍﺑﻜﺎ | abka | 10 |
| ﺁﺑﻜﻪ | abkh | 10 |
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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 Abeka
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