Al Abri Surname

122,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,737 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Oman
Highest density in:
Oman

Al Abri Surname User-submission:

Al Abri is a large urban tribe, as described by Miles, which is influential. They inhabit Bahla, Awabi, Hamra, Iraqi (Ibri) and Arhal, peaceful, numbering eight thousand (before 1890), Ibadis and Gavrion, planting wheat and dates.

The Al Abriyeen tribe and the singular (al Abri).

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Al Abri 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
Oman3,1721:1,163158
Lebanon2661:21,1922,524
Thailand1961:360,40063,106
Malaysia371:797,14136,924
United Arab Emirates341:269,47919,099
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
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Al Abri Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Al Abri is a large urban tribe, as described by Miles, which is influential. They inhabit Bahla, Awabi, Hamra, Iraqi (Ibri) and Arhal, peaceful, numbering eight thousand (before 1890), Ibadis and Gavrion, planting wheat and dates.

The Al Abriyeen tribe and the singular (al Abri). one of the large tribes in Oman, as they are attributed by Sheikh Ibrahim bin Saeed Al-Abri, where he said: It is no secret to anyone who has the slightest knowledge of genealogy that this tribe is one of the most ancient tribes and the most generous place of the heart of the Al Uzd Yemeni al Qahtaniya tribes. Attributed to the father Abra ibn Zahran bin Kaab bin Harith bin Ka'ab bin Abdullah bin Malik bin Nasr bin Al Azd bin Malik bin Zaid bin Kahlan bin Saba'a bin Yashjub bin Yarub bin Qahtan bin Aabber (Prophet, Hood peace be upon him).

The members of this tribe are located in at Al Hamra state in the interior region of Sultanate of Oman, which is the center of the tribe. They are also located in Bahla, Nizwam, Ibri and in Buraimi, they are also in the states of Rustaq, Al Awabi and Nakhl in the South Al Batinah region,, as well as in the States of North Al Batinah, Shinas, Sohar, Saham, Al Suwaq, Al Masna'a and Barka, also in the different cities of Muscat Governorate.

The sons of Imran, who are available in the Al-Rahbien al Qahtaniyah, and in the Siyabien al Adnaniyah, are originally from the al Abri tribe. The Sons of Imran who remained in the state of al Hamra.

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Al Abri Demographics

Al Abri Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 142 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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Al Abri Last Name Facts

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

The last name Al Abri occurs in Oman more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Al Abri.

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

The surname Al Abri is the 122,370th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,950,106 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Abri are found; 93 percent are found in West Asia and 86 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.

This last name is most prevalent in Oman, where it is carried by 3,172 people, or 1 in 1,163. In Oman it is most frequent in: Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate, where 5 percent are found, Al Batinah South Governorate, where 1 percent are found and Muscat Governorate, where 0 percent are found. Besides Oman Al Abri occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 7 percent are found and Thailand, where 5 percent are found.

Al Abri Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Melkite Greek Catholic (65%) in Lebanon.

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