Abuja Surname
Approximately 1,605 people bear this surname
Abuja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,093 | 1:162,070 | 10,144 |
| Palestine | 153 | 1:29,731 | 3,987 |
| Spain | 85 | 1:550,024 | 26,624 |
| Austria | 67 | 1:127,096 | 17,572 |
| India | 46 | 1:16,675,334 | 263,471 |
| United States | 37 | 1:9,796,187 | 405,931 |
| Uganda | 30 | 1:1,301,309 | 50,636 |
| Syria | 27 | 1:714,853 | 5,897 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Abuja (648) may also be a first name.
Abuja Demographics
Abuja Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Abuja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abuja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abuja (Arabic: لابوج, Bengali: আবুজা, Hindi: अबुजा, Marathi: आबुज, Oriya: ଅବୁଜ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abuja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 247,748th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 4,540,527 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Abuja are found; 68 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abuja is also the 326,442nd most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 648 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,093 people, or 1 in 162,070. In Nigeria Abuja is primarily found in: Kaduna, where 18 percent live, Delta, where 12 percent live and Bayelsa, where 9 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 25 countries. It is also common in Palestine, where 10 percent live and Spain, where 5 percent live.
Abuja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (79%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Abuja last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Abuja earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 31.49% less than the national average, earning $29,562 USD per year and in Canada they earn 65.43% more than the national average, earning $82,192 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abuja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abuja in the Bengali language | ||
| আবুজা | abuja | - |
| Abuja in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅବୁଜ | abuja | - |
| Abuja in the Hindi language | ||
| अबुजा | abuja | 57.14 |
| अबूजा | abuja | 42.86 |
| Abuja in the Marathi language | ||
| आबुज | abuja | 46.67 |
| अबुजा | abuja | 40 |
| आबुजा | abuja | 6.67 |
| आबूजा | abuja | 3.33 |
| आबुजााने | abujaane | 3.33 |
| Abuja in the Arabic language | ||
| لابوج | labwj | - |
| ابوج | abwj | - |
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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 Abuja
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