Abubakar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو بَكْر (ʔabū bakr). This surname is predominantly found in Nigeria.

Proper noun

Abubakar (plural Abubakars)

1. A surname from Arabic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Abubakar is the 37492^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 594 individuals. Abubakar is most common among Black/African American (80.3%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (12.63%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Abu”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.

Cebuano

Etymology

From Moro (Filipino Muslim) patronymic surname from Arabic أَبُو بَكْر (ʔabū bakr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔabuˈbakaɾ/ [ʔɐ.bʊˈba.kɐɾ̪]
• Hyphenation: A‧bu‧ba‧kar

Proper noun

Abubakar (Badlit spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜊᜃᜇ᜔)

1. a Moro surname from Arabic [in turn originating as a patronymic]

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic أَبُو بَكْر (ʔabū bakr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔà.búː.bá.kàr/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔà.búː.bə́.kàr]

Proper noun

Àbūbakàr̃ m

1. a male given name

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو بَكْر (ʔabū bakr).

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔabubakaɾ/ [ʔɑ.βʊ.βaˈk̠ɑɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: A‧bu‧ba‧kar

Proper noun

Abubakar (Sulat Sūg spelling اَبُبَكَرْ)

1. a male given name from Arabic
2. (Islam) ʾAbū Bakr, the father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through the Islamic prophet's marriage to Abu Bakr's daughter, ʿĀʾišah, recognized as the Islamic prophet's first rightly-guided successor in Sunni Islam