Abishak Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Abishak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abishak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
India101:76,706,538639,611

Abishak (422) may also be a first name.

Abishak Last Name Facts

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

The surname Abishak (Bengali: অভিষেক, Hindi: अभिषेक, Marathi: अिभषेक) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Abishak? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,307,654th most frequently used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Abishak is predominantly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Abishak reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abishak is also the 418,267th most prevalent given name world-wide, borne by 422 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Gombe, where 73 percent reside, Bauchi, where 9 percent reside and Kaduna, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 48 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Abishak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Abishak in the Bengali language
অভিষেকabhiseka-
Abishak in the Marathi language
अिभषेकaibhaseka66.67
अभीषेकabhiseka33.33
Abishak in the Hindi language
अभिषेकabhiseka61.54
अबिशकabisaka7.69
अभिषकabhisaka7.69
अभिशेकabhiseka7.69
अभश्ािषकabhasaisaka7.69
अविषेकaviseka7.69

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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 Abishak
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