Adbulahi Surname

1,374,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adbulahi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adbulahi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1551:1,142,85746,821
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Adbulahi (3,197) may also be a first name.

Adbulahi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Adbulahi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Adbulahi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,374,607th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 45,547,162 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Adbulahi live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adbulahi is also the 127,019th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 3,197 people.

Adbulahi is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 1,142,857. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 17 percent reside, Kebbi, where 14 percent reside and Plateau, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adbullahi941,816/
Adboulahi9413/
Adbulahhi942/
Addbullahi894/
Adbulllahi893/
Adbulhahid892/
Adbaullahi891/
Adboullahi891/
Aadbullahi891/
Adbuullahi891/
Adbolahi882/
Adbullehi821/

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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 Adbulahi
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