Abeke Surname
Approximately 2,624 people bear this surname
Abeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,044 | 1:86,665 | 6,073 |
| Benin | 157 | 1:65,832 | 8,038 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Cameroon | 92 | 1:225,751 | 22,624 |
| Kazakhstan | 53 | 1:333,632 | 27,314 |
| Mauritania | 30 | 1:136,495 | 7,782 |
| Ivory Coast | 26 | 1:887,355 | 22,826 |
| Congo | 17 | 1:293,476 | 8,994 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Burkina Faso | 7 | 1:2,621,729 | 17,588 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Abeké (3) are calculated separately.
Abeke (4,807) may also be a first name.
Abeke Demographics
Average Abeke Salary in
England
£31,955
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Abeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abeke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺑﻚ, Russian: Абеке) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Abeké. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abeke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 165,135th most prevalent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,777,266 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Abeke live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 98,577th most common first name in the world, held by 4,807 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,044 people, or 1 in 86,665. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 37 percent live, Bayelsa, where 23 percent live and Benue, where 11 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Abeke occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 6 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.
Abeke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abeke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abeke in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺑﻚ | abk | 75 |
| ﺍﺑﻚ | abk | 6.25 |
| ﺃﺑﻜﻪ | abkh | 6.25 |
| ﺁﺑﻜﻪ | abkh | 6.25 |
| ﺁﺑﻜﺔ | abkt | 6.25 |
| Abeke in the Russian language | ||
| Абеке | abeke | - |
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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 Abeke
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