Abiah Surname
Approximately 651 people bear this surname
Abiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Nigeria | 269 | 1:658,523 | 30,783 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| Malaysia | 29 | 1:1,017,042 | 45,504 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Abiah (581) may also be a first name.
Abiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abiah (Arabic: ابيه) is found most frequently in Ghana. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abiah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 504,389th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 11,194,387 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Abiah live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 347,331st most common given name at a global level It is held by 581 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Other than Ghana this surname occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 41 percent are found and Indonesia, where 5 percent are found.
Abiah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Abiah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Abiah surname fell 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abiah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abiah in the Arabic language | ||
| ابيه | abyh | - |
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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 Abiah
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