Cabdulahi Surname

70,798th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,984 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Cabdulahi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cabdulahi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia6,9601:1,933194
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
England21:27,859,030389,889
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Cabdulahi (3,346) may also be a first name.

Cabdulahi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cabdulahi is found most in Somalia. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cabdulahi? popularity and diffusion

Cabdulahi is the 70,798th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,043,463 people. The last name Cabdulahi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Cabdulahi reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 123,374th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 3,346 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Somalia, where it is borne by 6,960 people, or 1 in 1,933. Outside of Somalia this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 0 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cabdullahi955,135/
Cabdulaahi951,632/
Cabdulahid956/
Cabdullaahi901,049/
Cabdulgaahi901/
Cabdilahi89405/
Kabdulahi893/
Cabdulehi891/
Cabdilaahi84948/
Kabdullahi841/

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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 Cabdulahi
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