Abyah Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Abyah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abyah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Abyah (13) may also be a first name.

Abyah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Abyah is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Abyah? popularity and diffusion

Abyah is the 3,882,373rd most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name Abyah is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Abyah live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abyah is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used given name at a global level. It is borne by 13 people.

The last name Abyah is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 7,380,948. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 4 percent are found and Pakistan, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abyadh912/
Abya89899/
Abaiyah833/
Abyad8013,623/
Abiah80651/
Aabya80273/
Abyat80183/
Abhya8054/
Abeah8037/
Gabya8020/
Abyay8014/
Ebyah8012/
Habya809/
Abyas807/
Abyaz806/
Abjah805/
Abyaa805/
Aubya803/
Abeiya73240/
Abiahu73138/
Aabyat73123/
Abaiya73106/
Asbyat7350/
Habiah7341/
Abiyoa7322/
Abiadh7314/
Aboiya739/
Ajtbya739/
Abayya737/
Abhyas737/
Abiaha736/
Aboyya735/
Abbiah735/
Abhyaj733/
Habyay733/
Abeyia732/
Abayia732/
Abuiya732/
Gabiah732/
Aebjah732/
Abeyea732/
Abehah732/
Abyaou731/
Aboyia731/
Abioah731/
Aitbya731/
Abuyia731/
Abiach731/
Abjash731/
Abjaha731/
Abjadh731/
Abaãya731/
Gaubya731/
Abeuya731/
Abiahe731/
Habyaz731/
Abjiah731/
Abaaya731/
Abgiah731/
Abyatt730/
Abia6739,187/
Abea671,307/
Abaijah67115/
Abja6771/
Abyo6767/
Ebya6753/
Gabaaya6744/
Obya6733/
Avya6719/
Habiach6711/
Aboyhya674/
Abhaiya673/
Habaiya672/
Gabuiya671/
Abhuiya671/
Gajbhya671/
Abahaia671/
Abeahii671/
Habyayi671/
Gabaiya671/
Abaheya671/
Abaihia671/
Habihah671/
Abahaja671/
Abayyad671/
Abejjah671/
Aabaiya671/
Abeiyat671/

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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 Abyah
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