Abu Abbas Surname

316,846th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,183 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Abu Abbas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abu Abbas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1,1291:81,4317,252
Israel441:194,49219,021
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Palestine21:2,274,42417,661
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Abu Abbas (292) may also be a first name.

Abu Abbas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Abu Abbas is held by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Abu Abbas? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 316,846th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 6,160,225 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Abu Abbas live; 95 percent live in North Africa and 95 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 516,683rd most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 292 people.

The surname Abu Abbas is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 1,129 people, or 1 in 81,431. Beside Egypt this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 4 percent live and Argentina, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abu Habbas95128/
Abou Abbas9556/
Abu Habbash909/
Abu-Abbas8916/
Abou-Abbas8411/
Abu Habbah844/
Abou Abbad841/
Abu Abboud74183/
Abou Abboud707/
Abou-Abboud603/

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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
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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 Abu Abbas
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