Abiib Surname

401,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 874 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somaliland
Highest density in:
Somaliland

Abiib Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abiib Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somaliland4631:7,560528
Somalia3921:34,3161,714
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Abiib (357) may also be a first name.

Abiib Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Abiib Come From? nationality or country of origin

Abiib is borne by more people in Somaliland than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Abiib click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Abiib? popularity and diffusion

The last name Abiib is the 401,796th most widely held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,338,153 people. Abiib is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Abiib live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Abiib is also the 461,021st most commonly used forename in the world. It is borne by 357 people.

This surname is most common in Somaliland, where it is held by 463 people, or 1 in 7,560. Apart from Somaliland this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Somalia, where 45 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Habiib91575/
Abijaib832/
Abieb804/
Habieb731,039/
Abiesb739/
Abiiev731/
Abihiev6717/
Habiheb676/
Abujieb674/
Habieeb672/

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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 Abiib
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