Abuje Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Abuje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 120 | 1:1,476,190 | 56,575 |
| Uganda | 68 | 1:574,107 | 31,082 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Abuje (32) may also be a first name.
Abuje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abuje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abuje (Marathi: आबुज) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abuje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,185,157th most prevalent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Abuje live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most widely held forename world-wide It is held by 32 people.
The surname Abuje is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 1,476,190. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kogi, where 28 percent are found, Delta, where 23 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 12 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 34 percent are found and Kenya, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abuje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abuje in the Marathi language | ||
| आबुज | abuja | 50 |
| अबुज | abuja | 50 |
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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 Abuje
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