About Surname
Approximately 4,225 people bear this surname
About Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 3,274 | 1:4,152 | 675 |
| France | 332 | 1:200,068 | 31,101 |
| Philippines | 251 | 1:403,340 | 51,517 |
| Ivory Coast | 219 | 1:105,348 | 5,399 |
| Cameroon | 81 | 1:256,408 | 24,973 |
| Afghanistan | 17 | 1:1,891,364 | 13,978 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
About (369) may also be a first name.
About Demographics
Average About Salary in
Canada
$46,094 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
About Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name About Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname About (Arabic: زهاء) is carried by more people in Chad than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of About click here.
How Common Is The Last Name About? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 110,084th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,724,863 people. The last name About occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of About are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 452,461st most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 369 people.
About is most frequently used in Chad, where it is held by 3,274 people, or 1 in 4,152. Excluding Chad this last name occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in France, where 8 percent reside and The Philippines, where 6 percent reside.
About Last Name Statistics demography
About earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 7.22% less than the national average, earning $46,094 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
About Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| About in the Arabic language | ||
| زهاء | zha | - |
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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 About
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