Abilah Surname
Approximately 1,204 people bear this surname
Abilah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 833 | 1:63,555 | 6,766 |
| Jordan | 218 | 1:40,562 | 4,502 |
| Indonesia | 81 | 1:1,632,706 | 107,418 |
| Yemen | 28 | 1:943,760 | 11,445 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Abilah (1,702) may also be a first name.
Abilah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abilah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abilah has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abilah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 312,422nd most frequently used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 6,052,779 people. The last name Abilah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Abilah reside; 69 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Abilah is also the 186,271st most commonly occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 1,702 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 833 people, or 1 in 63,555. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Mtwara Region, where 45 percent live, Lindi Region, where 32 percent live and Ruvuma Region, where 10 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 18 percent live and Indonesia, where 7 percent live.
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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 Abilah
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