Al Abash Surname

744,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 387 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

Al Abash Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Abash Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen3681:71,8085,006
Syria111:1,754,6388,509
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443

Al Abash Last Name Facts

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

The last name Al Abash is borne by more people in Yemen than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Abash? popularity and diffusion

The last name Al Abash is the 744,013th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 18,830,868 people. Al Abash is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Abash reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 96 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

This surname is most frequent in Yemen, where it is carried by 368 people, or 1 in 71,808. In Yemen it is primarily concentrated in: Dhamar Governorate, where 70 percent reside, Hadramaut Governorate, where 23 percent reside and Sana'a Governorate, where 5 percent reside. Other than Yemen it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Syria, where 3 percent reside and Iraq, where 1 percent reside.

Al Abash Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Sunni (50%) in Lebanon.

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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 Al Abash
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