Abewa Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Abewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 183 | 1:22,376 | 1,977 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Abewa (20) may also be a first name.
Abewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abewa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﻮ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abewa? popularity and diffusion
Abewa is the 935,326th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 25,934,327 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Abewa are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Abewa is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 20 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 22,376. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 50 percent reside, Trarza Region, where 21 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside and India, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abewa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abewa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﻮ | abw | 30.23 |
| ﺁﺑﻮﻩ | abwh | 25.58 |
| ﺁﺑﻮ | abw | 18.6 |
| ﺍﺑﻮﺍ | abwa | 9.3 |
| ﺃﺑﻮ | abw | 9.3 |
| ﺁﺑﻮﺍ | abwa | 4.65 |
| ﺍﺑﻮﻩ | abwh | 2.33 |
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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 Abewa
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