Rabdullah Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Brunei

Rabdullah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rabdullah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Rabdullah (31) may also be a first name.

Rabdullah Last Name Facts

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

Rabdullah is carried by more people in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rabdullah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Rabdullah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Rabdullah reside; 33 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Rabdullah is also the 1,874,099th most widespread forename at a global level, held by 31 people.

Rabdullah is most commonly used in Afghanistan, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 32,153,183. In Afghanistan Rabdullah is most common in: Badakhshan, where 100 percent live. Barring Afghanistan this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brunei, where 33 percent live and Nigeria, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rabdoullah951/
Rabdulla941/
Rabdulah941/
Rhabdoullah901/
Rabdoulla8913/
Rabdoulah895/
Reabdulla891/
Rhabdoulla841/
Rhabdoula781/
Rabdila755/
Rhoubdoula635/

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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 Rabdullah
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