Abunakar Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Abunakar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abunakar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria371:4,787,642126,894
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Abunakar (43) may also be a first name.

Abunakar Last Name Facts

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

Abunakar (Marathi: अबुनकर) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Abunakar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,979,664th most commonly held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Abunakar live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abunakar is also the 1,545,828th most frequent forename world-wide, held by 43 people.

The last name Abunakar is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kaduna, where 41 percent are found, Gombe, where 35 percent are found and Zamfara, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 5 percent are found and The Philippines, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abunaakar941/
Habunakar941/
Abounakar941/
Abonakar8810/
Abhonakar82208/
Abounacar8238/
Havunakar821/
Habounacar782/
Abonacar751/
Abonokor631/

Abunakar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Abunakar in the Marathi language
अबुनकरabunakara62.5
अबूनकरabunakara25
मांगलेकरmangalekara12.5

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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
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  • 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 Abunakar
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