Abubakare Surname
Approximately 1,358 people bear this surname
Abubakare Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,287 | 1:137,640 | 8,881 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Abubakarè (1) are calculated separately.
Abubakare (655) may also be a first name.
Abubakare Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abubakare Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abubakare is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Abubakarè. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abubakare? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 283,643rd most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,366,381 people. The last name Abubakare occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Abubakare are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abubakare is also the 324,429th most frequent given name internationally, held by 655 people.
The surname Abubakare is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,287 people, or 1 in 137,640. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Oyo, where 23 percent are found, Lagos, where 23 percent are found and Kwara, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Abubakare is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Abubakare
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