Abi Surname
Approximately 56,618 people bear this surname
Abi Surname User-submission:
The surname Abi means 'brother' in Turkish. It also means 'blue' in other languages.
Abi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 9,498 | 1:10,270 | 1,533 |
| Nigeria | 7,912 | 1:22,389 | 1,990 |
| Turkey | 5,680 | 1:13,701 | 1,726 |
| Indonesia | 5,060 | 1:26,136 | 3,102 |
| Togo | 3,045 | 1:2,380 | 305 |
| Morocco | 2,147 | 1:16,058 | 2,417 |
| Ivory Coast | 2,046 | 1:11,276 | 920 |
| Iran | 1,855 | 1:41,392 | 4,782 |
| Cameroon | 1,705 | 1:12,181 | 1,647 |
| India | 1,620 | 1:473,497 | 24,176 |
| Somalia | 1,421 | 1:9,467 | 683 |
| Malaysia | 1,288 | 1:22,899 | 2,088 |
| Yemen | 1,098 | 1:24,067 | 2,434 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,045 | 1:8,768 | 1,090 |
| Philippines | 802 | 1:126,232 | 21,625 |
| Somaliland | 799 | 1:4,381 | 381 |
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| France | 708 | 1:93,817 | 13,628 |
| Benin | 648 | 1:15,950 | 2,153 |
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| Japan | 486 | 1:263,054 | 10,400 |
| Algeria | 432 | 1:89,425 | 13,753 |
| United States | 410 | 1:884,046 | 66,892 |
| Afghanistan | 392 | 1:82,023 | 2,319 |
| Egypt | 366 | 1:251,191 | 17,305 |
| DR Congo | 363 | 1:203,525 | 20,281 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Papua New Guinea | 331 | 1:24,634 | 2,717 |
| Kazakhstan | 300 | 1:58,942 | 7,329 |
| Pakistan | 285 | 1:626,821 | 9,829 |
| Niger | 225 | 1:85,298 | 3,644 |
| Jordan | 181 | 1:48,853 | 4,961 |
| Canada | 171 | 1:215,471 | 20,813 |
| Oman | 170 | 1:21,694 | 1,938 |
| Palestine | 162 | 1:28,079 | 3,860 |
| England | 137 | 1:406,701 | 27,895 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Kuwait | 125 | 1:30,406 | 3,898 |
| Iraq | 121 | 1:289,435 | 5,881 |
| Bahrain | 118 | 1:11,429 | 2,102 |
| Argentina | 116 | 1:368,478 | 28,618 |
| Brazil | 116 | 1:1,845,468 | 59,486 |
| Lebanon | 94 | 1:59,969 | 4,596 |
| Solomon Islands | 90 | 1:6,445 | 950 |
| Germany | 87 | 1:925,350 | 65,249 |
| Thailand | 63 | 1:1,121,244 | 165,873 |
| Uganda | 60 | 1:650,655 | 33,621 |
| Australia | 58 | 1:465,443 | 35,949 |
| Venezuela | 57 | 1:529,896 | 9,899 |
| Taiwan | 56 | 1:418,656 | 3,233 |
| Russia | 49 | 1:2,941,287 | 160,625 |
| Italy | 48 | 1:1,274,098 | 76,496 |
| Mauritania | 48 | 1:85,310 | 5,518 |
| Qatar | 44 | 1:53,591 | 5,826 |
| Belgium | 42 | 1:273,730 | 32,801 |
| South Africa | 36 | 1:1,504,936 | 77,557 |
| Lesotho | 34 | 1:59,781 | 8,665 |
| Spain | 32 | 1:1,461,001 | 45,498 |
| Sweden | 30 | 1:328,225 | 22,987 |
| Burkina Faso | 29 | 1:632,831 | 7,862 |
| Uzbekistan | 27 | 1:1,145,524 | 21,534 |
| Netherlands | 26 | 1:649,507 | 53,972 |
| Northern Cyprus | 26 | 1:12,270 | 3,169 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Syria | 21 | 1:919,096 | 6,574 |
| China | 18 | 1:75,962,309 | 4,162 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Azerbaijan | 16 | 1:603,070 | 10,870 |
| Bulgaria | 14 | 1:498,493 | 22,004 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| Norway | 14 | 1:367,306 | 34,015 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 12 | 1:497,721 | 37,801 |
| Panama | 12 | 1:326,022 | 7,351 |
| Tunisia | 11 | 1:55,511 | 7,191 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Romania | 6 | 1:3,346,312 | 56,696 |
| Ireland | 5 | 1:941,788 | 16,185 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 1:686,352 | 29,886 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 4 | 1:432,005 | 185 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 1:700,491 | 23,754 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
The alternate forms: Abí (2) are calculated separately.
Abi (109,935) may also be a first name.
Abi Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Abi means 'brother' in Turkish. It also means 'blue' in other languages.
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Average Abi Salary in
United States
$51,077 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Abi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abi (Bengali: অবি, Georgian: აბი, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﻲ, Hindi: अबी, Marathi: अबी, Oriya: ଅବି, Russian: Аби, Tibetan: ཨ་བི་) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Abí. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Abi is the 9,944th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 128,714 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Abi reside; 25 percent reside in West Africa and 24 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 9,354th most widely held forename at a global level. It is borne by 109,935 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 9,498 people, or 1 in 10,270. Barring Ethiopia this last name occurs in 136 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 14 percent reside and Turkey, where 10 percent reside.
Abi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Christian (67%) in Kenya, Syriac Orthodox (75%) in Lebanon and Christian (92%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Abi are 8.13% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 61.36% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Abi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 13.42% more than the national average, earning €34,061 per year; in Norway they earn 18.06% less than the national average, earning 283,585 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 76.63% less than the national average, earning R 55,536 per year; in United States they earn 18.37% more than the national average, earning $51,077 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.95% less than the national average, earning $46,230 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abi in the Georgian language | ||
| აბი | abi | - |
| Abi in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨ་བི་ | abi | 97.47 |
| ཨ་བི་་ | abi | 1.27 |
| ཨ་བི | abi | 1.27 |
| Abi in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅବି | abi | 91.96 |
| ଆବି | abi | 6.7 |
| ଅବୀ | abi | 0.89 |
| Abi in the Hindi language | ||
| अबी | abi | 60.19 |
| आबिद | abida | 10.19 |
| आबी | abi | 9.71 |
| आबि | abi | 4.85 |
| ाबी | abi | 4.85 |
| अबि | abi | 3.4 |
| आबिदा | abida | 2.91 |
| बी | bi | 2.43 |
| Abi in the Bengali language | ||
| অবি | abi | 52.63 |
| আবি | abi | 21.05 |
| এবি | ebi | 10.53 |
| অভি | abhi | 5.26 |
| অবী | abi | 5.26 |
| এভি | ebhi | 5.26 |
| Abi in the Marathi language | ||
| अबी | abi | 51.91 |
| आबी | abi | 40.46 |
| ाबी | abi | 4.58 |
| Abi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﻲ | aby | 35 |
| ﺃﺑﻲ | aby | 22.5 |
| ﺁﺑﻲ | aby | 15 |
| ﺃﺑﻰ | aby | 7.5 |
| ﺁﺑﻰ | aby | 5 |
| ﺍﺑﻰ | aby | 5 |
| ﺁﺏ | ab | 2.5 |
| ﻋﺒﻲ | by | 2.5 |
| ﻋﺐ | b | 2.5 |
| ﺳﻴﺪﺍﺑﻲ | sydaby | 2.5 |
| Abi in the Russian language | ||
| Аби | abi | - |
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