Abije Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Abije Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 373 | 1:474,914 | 23,911 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Abije (53) may also be a first name.
Abije Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abije Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abije has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Abije.
How Common Is The Last Name Abije? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 761,666th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 19,433,456 people. The last name Abije is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Abije live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most common given name worldwide It is held by 53 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 373 people, or 1 in 474,914. In Nigeria Abije is mostly found in: Benue, where 36 percent reside, Cross River, where 16 percent reside and Kogi, where 13 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 0 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Abije
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