Abimelech Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Israel

Abimelech Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abimelech Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria531:3,342,316100,395
Israel171:503,39037,521
England51:11,143,612252,590
France31:22,140,907385,998
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Abimelech (186) may also be a first name.

Abimelech Last Name Facts

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

The surname Abimelech is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Abimelech? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,061,309th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. The last name Abimelech occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Abimelech live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abimelech is also the 667,122nd most prevalent forename world-wide, held by 186 people.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 3,342,316. In Nigeria Abimelech is most common in: Bauchi, where 38 percent are found, Adamawa, where 23 percent are found and Gombe, where 21 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 20 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abimelec944/
Avimelech8914/
Abimele881/
Avimelec821/
Abimelic821/
Abimile751/
Ovimeleh716/
Abismaile671/
Abemely635/
Obemele631/
Obimile631/
Abemeli631/

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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 Abimelech
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