Abu Bakr Surname
Approximately 45,839 people bear this surname
Abu Bakr Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 17,821 | 1:1,483 | 225 |
| Afghanistan | 10,254 | 1:3,136 | 335 |
| Palestine | 7,361 | 1:618 | 59 |
| Egypt | 5,857 | 1:15,697 | 1,848 |
| Israel | 1,352 | 1:6,330 | 958 |
| Pakistan | 1,011 | 1:176,700 | 4,518 |
| Iraq | 655 | 1:53,468 | 2,061 |
| United Arab Emirates | 486 | 1:18,852 | 2,230 |
| Kuwait | 366 | 1:10,384 | 1,441 |
| Jordan | 313 | 1:28,251 | 3,675 |
| Iran | 191 | 1:402,003 | 25,767 |
| Lebanon | 46 | 1:122,545 | 6,622 |
| Oman | 34 | 1:108,470 | 3,196 |
| Syria | 19 | 1:1,015,843 | 6,722 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 14 | 1:97,427 | 6,588 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Abu Bakr (58,599) may also be a first name.
Abu Bakr Demographics
Abu Bakr Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Abu Bakr Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abu Bakr Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abu Bakr occurs in Yemen more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Abu Bakr.
How Common Is The Last Name Abu Bakr? popularity and diffusion
The last name Abu Bakr is the 12,254th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 158,981 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Abu Bakr live; 62 percent live in West Asia and 41 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Abu Bakr is also the 16,176th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 58,599 people.
This last name is most common in Yemen, where it is held by 17,821 people, or 1 in 1,483. In Yemen Abu Bakr is most numerous in: Hadramaut Governorate, where 13 percent reside, Aden Governorate, where 11 percent reside and Sana'a Governorate, where 11 percent reside. Other than Yemen this surname exists in 26 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 22 percent reside and Palestine, where 16 percent reside.
Abu Bakr Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Maronite (32%) in Lebanon.
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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
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