Absu Surname

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

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Absu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Absu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Absu (195) may also be a first name.

Absu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Absu (Hindi: अबसू, Tibetan: ཨ་སུ།) occurs most in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Absu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Absu is the 4,307,654th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Absu are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 649,894th most common first name throughout the world, held by 195 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Sokoto, where 94 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 10 percent live and Sudan, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Absou89125/
Habsu89117/
Gabsu8915/
Absuh893/
Absus893/
Absut891/
Abssu891/
Abshu891/
Abseu891/
Habsou80515/
Absoud80162/
Absous80128/
Gabsou8014/
Gabshu806/
Habsau805/
Abssou802/
Absout801/
Habsuu801/
Avsu756/
Awsu756/
Afsu752/
Abzu752/
Obsu751/
Ebsu751/
Apsu751/
Habssou7326/
Gabssou731/
Habshush67484/
Hafsu67417/
Abzou67172/
Abchu6792/
Avsuz6738/
Obsut6723/
Afsus6711/
Obsou678/
Aupsu678/
Abjus677/
Abjou675/
Abssouss674/
Gapsu673/
Awseu672/
Awsiu671/
Afsud671/
Abceu671/
Apfsu671/
Abziu671/
Gabzu671/
Aybzu671/
Hapsu671/
Apsou671/
Awsus671/
Abdju671/
Apsud671/
Abzgu671/
Abdcu671/
Abjud671/
Abshoush671/

Absu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Absu in the Tibetan language
ཨ་སུ།asu-
Absu in the Hindi language
अबसूabasu-

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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 Absu
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