Abissina Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Abissina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abissina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria261:6,813,183158,601
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Abissina (28) may also be a first name.

Abissina Last Name Facts

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

Abissina is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Abissina.

How Common Is The Last Name Abissina? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,730,171st most widespread surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Abissina is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Abissina reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 28 people.

The surname Abissina is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria Abissina is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 81 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 7 percent are found.

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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 Abissina
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