Abkey Surname

1,079,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somaliland
Highest density in:
Somaliland

Abkey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abkey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somaliland2101:16,668804
England131:4,286,005132,302
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Abkey Last Name Facts

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

The last name Abkey is more commonly found in Somaliland than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Abkey.

How Common Is The Last Name Abkey? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,079,669th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,823,345 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Abkey live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in Cushitic Africa.

The surname Abkey is most frequently used in Somaliland, where it is borne by 210 people, or 1 in 16,668. Aside from Somaliland this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Abkey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Abkey has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Abkey last name rose 1,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Habkey911/
Abke89621/
Abky891/
Habke80262/
Aubke80109/
Abkes8071/
Gabke8021/
Abkay806/
Abkhe803/
Apkey802/
Habky801/
Gabcke7325/
Abkhay737/
Abkhoe732/
Abkaya732/
Apkeye731/
Abkker731/
Abkeah731/
Gabkoy731/
Habkoy731/
Aubkei731/
Abkoye731/
Gabkee731/
Abcker731/
Abkiya731/
Hapkey730/
Abkess730/
Apke67604/
Ebke67430/
Abka67180/
Öbke6789/
Abki6733/
Abkhoyi6711/
Avky676/
Abce674/
Obky674/
Habcker673/
Aibkoye671/
Abkhaye671/
Obke671/
Hobckey671/
Abkhayi671/

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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 Abkey
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