Amabua Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Amabua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Amabua 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
Uganda1461:267,39219,414
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Amabua (34) may also be a first name.

Amabua Last Name Facts

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

Amabua is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amabua? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,409,418th most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. Amabua is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Amabua live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Amabua is also the 1,775,424th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 34 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 146 people, or 1 in 267,392. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Arua District, where 66 percent reside, Yumbe District, where 18 percent reside and Maracha District, where 9 percent reside. Beside Uganda Amabua exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 5 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 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
Amaabua921/
Amaabuat864/
Amabuo83114/
Amafua8320/
Amabwa8310/
Omabua831/
Hamabba7743/
Amaubuo773/
Amabwai773/
Ameafua771/
Hamabwa771/
Hammabba7110/
Emapua6715/
Omobua677/
Omavua672/
Ahmadfuad671/
Ahmadpuad671/
Amavwa671/
Emabwa671/
Omebua671/
Amabbo671/
Emobua671/
Emabuo671/
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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 Amabua
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