Abullahi Surname

54,520th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,333 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Somalia

Abullahi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abullahi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8,3291:21,2681,920
Somalia9801:13,727902
Kenya111:4,198,17341,178
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Somaliland11:3,500,1821,592

Abullahi (1,852) may also be a first name.

Abullahi Last Name Facts

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

Abullahi is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Abullahi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Abullahi is the 54,520th most widely held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 780,836 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Abullahi are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 177,067th most prevalent forename internationally, borne by 1,852 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 8,329 people, or 1 in 21,268. In Nigeria Abullahi is mostly found in: Katsina, where 24 percent live, Kano, where 16 percent live and Jigawa, where 8 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Somalia, where 11 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.

Abullahi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Abullahi surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (95%) in Nigeria.

Abullahi earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 66.86% less than the national average, earning $14,300 USD per year.

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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 Abullahi
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