Around the world, Рабиу (Rabiu 
, Рабиу 
) is a widespread predominantly male, but scarcely female first name. The first name Рабиу is habitual in Nigeria, where it is a common predominantly male, but scarcely female name, Libya, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Ghana, where it is quite a rare masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Nigeria, Ghana, and Saudi Arabia. Likewise, Рабиу is the last name as well as the forename.