Absur Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Chad

Absur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Absur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Chad11:13,592,19913,092

Absur (157) may also be a first name.

Absur Last Name Facts

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

Absur has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Absur? popularity and diffusion

The surname Absur is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Absur live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 732,696th most widely held given name throughout the world, borne by 157 people.

Absur is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kano, where 100 percent live. Besides Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 15 percent live and Bangladesh, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Absure9141/
Abshur916/
Absurd914/
Abseur911/
Absuir911/
Abshure83113/
Abshour832/
Absor801,373/
Apsur80168/
Abjur8012/
Abzur8010/
Afsur801/
Absurova772/
Habshour771/
Abshor73704/
Hebsur73178/
Obscur7360/
Abzour738/
Afshur737/
Habsor731/
Absoor731/
Abjure731/
Awshur731/
Abjour731/
Apsuur731/
Habjur731/
Apshur730/
Hawsour671/
Afshour671/
Asfsour671/
Haibjur671/
Apshure670/
Oubshur670/

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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 Absur
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