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 surname Abeka (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺑﻚ, Marathi: अबेका, Oriya: ଅେବକା) is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abeka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 80,077th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,197,231 people. Abeka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Abeka are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 347,331st most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 581 people.
It is most numerous in Ghana, where it is borne by 4,503 people, or 1 in 6,001. Other than Ghana it occurs in 25 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 10 percent reside and Kenya, where 5 percent reside.
Abeka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally 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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