Abekan Surname
Approximately 377 people bear this surname
Abekan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 358 | 1:64,445 | 3,709 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Abekan (226) may also be a first name.
Abekan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abekan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abekan occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abekan? popularity and diffusion
Abekan is the 758,524th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 19,330,361 people. The surname Abekan is primarily found in Africa, where 56 percent of Abekan are found; 52 percent are found in West Africa and 51 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abekan is also the 598,137th most commonly used given name internationally, borne by 226 people.
It is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 358 people, or 1 in 64,445. In The Ivory Coast Abekan is most frequent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 46 percent reside, Comoé District, where 21 percent reside and Lagunes District, where 16 percent reside. Other than The Ivory Coast it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 4 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Abekan
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