Abankwe Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Abankwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Abankwe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Abankwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Abankwe is found most in Ghana. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Abankwe? popularity and diffusion

Abankwe is the 6,723,624th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Abankwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Abankwe reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Besides Ghana this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent live and Cameroon, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abangkwe9311/
Abankwa866,467/
Abangwe864/
Abainenkwe821/
Abangwei8031/
Abangkwa802/
Abangwa7196/
Abangbe7148/
Abongwe7112/
Abangue713/
Abanque712/
Obangwe712/
Abangwi711/
Obankwa711/
Abanqwa711/
Aibangbe67716/
Abangbee6727/
Abanquez672/
Abongweh671/
Abamkway671/
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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 Abankwe
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