Calabar Surname
Approximately 544 people bear this surname
Calabar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 500 | 1:354,286 | 19,105 |
| Brazil | 44 | 1:4,865,326 | 126,089 |
Calabar (168) may also be a first name.
Calabar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Calabar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Calabar is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Calabar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Calabar is the 577,768th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 13,396,224 people. The surname Calabar is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Calabar live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 705,855th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 168 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 500 people, or 1 in 354,286. In Nigeria Calabar is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 60 percent live, Delta, where 33 percent live and Rivers, where 2 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 8 percent live.
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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 Calabar
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