Abaligwe Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Abaligwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abaligwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria331:5,367,962136,856
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Abaligwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Abaligwe is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Abaligwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Abaligwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Abaligwe is the 3,373,373rd most commonly held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Abaligwe reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria Abaligwe is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 39 percent live, Enugu, where 30 percent live and Abia, where 21 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abaligwey941/
Obaligwe881/
Abeligwe881/
Gobaligwe821/
Avaligbe75831/
Abeligue751/
Abaligui751/
Avalligbe713/
Aibalegbe711/
Obalegbe6363/
Obelegwe6317/
Ebeligue633/
Avaligbé633/
Avoligbe631/
Avalegbe631/
Obelegue5084/
Ebelekwe501/
Obolecwe501/

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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 Abaligwe
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