Abiala Surname
Approximately 4,745 people bear this surname
Abiala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,368 | 1:4,365 | 576 |
| Nigeria | 2,174 | 1:81,482 | 5,775 |
| Cameroon | 151 | 1:137,543 | 15,369 |
| Ivory Coast | 25 | 1:922,849 | 23,346 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Abiala (559) may also be a first name.
Abiala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abiala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abiala is found most frequently in Benin. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abiala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Abiala is the 99,695th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,535,837 people. The surname Abiala occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Abiala reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 355,721st most frequent given name globally, held by 559 people.
The surname Abiala is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 2,368 people, or 1 in 4,365. In Benin Abiala is primarily found in: Plateau Department, where 81 percent are found, Zou Department, where 6 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Benin this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 46 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Abiala
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