Aboulai Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Aboulai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Aboulaï (3) & Aboulaî (1) are calculated separately.
Aboulai (21) may also be a first name.
Aboulai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aboulai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Aboulai occurs most in Cameroon. It can appear as: Aboulaï or Aboulaî. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aboulai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,772,636th most frequently used surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Aboulai are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 35 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 21 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon Aboulai is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 60 percent are found, Centre Region, where 20 percent are found and West Region, where 20 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 29 percent are found and Benin, where 24 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
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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 Aboulai
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