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 last name Abewa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﻮ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Abewa.
How Common Is The Last Name Abewa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 935,326th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 25,934,327 people. The surname Abewa occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Abewa live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Abewa is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 20 people.
The last name Abewa is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 22,376. In Mauritania Abewa is most frequent in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 50 percent live, Trarza Region, where 21 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 13 percent live. Excluding Mauritania it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 15 percent live and India, where 14 percent live.
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
- 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 Abewa
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