Abaa
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Abaa is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Contemptible; vile; silly.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 116K(inferred from the name graph)
- CMCameroon≈1 in 72K
- NGNigeria≈1 in 156K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 25 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 72K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,400 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Cameroon, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Aba-A in PH Philippines and Aba'A in CM Cameroon.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Contemptible; vile; silly.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Abaa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 156K | — | Abaa | 18 |
| PH Philippines | ≈940 est. | ≈1 in 116K | — | Aba-A | 20 |
| CM Cameroon | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 72K | — | Aba'A | 2 |
| GH Ghana | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 222K | — | Abaa | 7 |
| US United States | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 20M | — | Abaa | 25 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈8 est. | ≈1 in 8.1M | — | Abaa | 7 |
| PL Poland | 2 | 1 in 19M | 2 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Abaa is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In dag, expression showing disapproval KO see abba
as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD
In ach, father
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #301,382 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Abaa mean, and where does it come from?
- Contemptible; vile; silly. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Abaa have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Abaa in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled abaa.
- How common is the name Abaa?
- In Poland, the national register counted 2 people named Abaa in 2026, about 1 in 19 million residents.
What do you want to know about Abaa?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/abaaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Abaa”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.