Abyssinia Surname

807,857th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 346 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Abyssinia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Abyssinia Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel3271:26,1703,828
Nigeria191:9,323,303191,560

Abyssinia (1,016) may also be a first name.

Abyssinia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Abyssinia is borne by more people in Israel than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Abyssinia? popularity and diffusion

Abyssinia is the 807,857th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 21,062,271 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Abyssinia are found; 95 percent are found in West Asia and 95 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia. Abyssinia is also the 251,978th most numerous forename in the world, held by 1,016 people.

It is most frequently held in Israel, where it is borne by 327 people, or 1 in 26,170. In Israel it is primarily found in: Jerusalem District, where 23 percent reside, Southern District, where 21 percent reside and Central District, where 19 percent reside. Beside Israel it exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abysinia941/
Abissinia8929/
Abeysinia8925/
Abisinia8234/
Abessinio7866/
Abisynia711/
Obisinia711/
Abesinha711/
Abesenea591/
Abezinja591/

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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 Abyssinia
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