Abukara Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Abukara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abukara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria581:3,054,18594,504
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224

Abukara (1,119) may also be a first name.

Abukara Last Name Facts

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

The surname Abukara is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Abukara? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,436,415th most widely held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname Abukara occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Abukara live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 238,348th most frequently used given name in the world, held by 1,119 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Yobe, where 55 percent reside, Borno, where 19 percent reside and Rivers, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 3 percent reside and Malaysia, where 2 percent reside.

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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 Abukara
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