Abuur Surname

519,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 627 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Abuur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abuur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6231:284,33816,033
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Abuur (59) may also be a first name.

Abuur Last Name Facts

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

Abuur is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Abuur? popularity and diffusion

The surname Abuur is the 519,402nd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 11,622,880 people. The last name Abuur is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Abuur live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 59 people.

The last name Abuur is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 623 people, or 1 in 284,338. In Nigeria Abuur is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 87 percent are found, Jigawa, where 6 percent are found and Taraba, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found.

Abuur Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (96%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abur8915,522/
Gabur801,404/
Abure801,216/
Abour801,138/
Habur80557/
Abhur8099/
Abeur8076/
Abujr8025/
Asbur8022/
Abuir8010/
Abuer805/
Abusr804/
Aibur803/
Aburt803/
Ajbur803/
Aybur802/
Aubur802/
Aburd802/
Abaur802/
Aburh802/
Aabur800/
Habour73901/
Gabour73802/
Abourz73444/
Aabour73394/
Abhure73261/
Abourh73191/
Ajbour73138/
Aubour73127/
Aboure7384/
Haibur7379/
Ashbur7355/
Gabeur7343/
Haburt7333/
Gaibur7331/
Auburt7321/
Aujbur739/
Aibour739/
Ahbour736/
Gaybur735/
Habure735/
Abgour733/
Atbour733/
Aubure732/
Gobuur732/
Abuire731/
Haybur731/
Aybour731/
Abourd731/
Aburre731/
Abusrh731/
Gabuir731/
Asbour731/
Atbure731/
Aabure731/
Abaure731/
Gabhur731/
Hasbur731/
Gabaur730/
Abor676,157/
Obur671,723/
Avur67606/
Abaurre67306/
Gaubour6798/
Haibour6791/
Aburova6742/
Gaubeur6714/
Aburowa6714/
Hatbour675/
Gaabour675/
Aubourd675/
Haiburh673/
Ausburr673/
Abhaure672/
Aabhure671/
Haïbour671/
Gahbaur671/
Habgour671/
Abheure671/
Ashbour671/
Abujreh671/
Athbour671/
Auboure671/
Asbhour671/
Gaybaur670/
Ashburt670/
Hasburt670/

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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 Abuur
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