Abanya Surname
Approximately 803 people bear this surname
Abanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 696 | 1:56,091 | 6,613 |
| Nigeria | 98 | 1:1,807,579 | 65,389 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Abanya (19) may also be a first name.
Abanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abanya (Arabic: ليبانيا, Bengali: অবন্য, Marathi: अबन्या, Russian: Абаня) is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abanya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 429,441st most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 9,075,400 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Abanya are found; 87 percent are found in East Africa and 83 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 19 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 696 people, or 1 in 56,091. In Uganda Abanya is most numerous in: Oyam District, where 41 percent are found, Gulu District, where 16 percent are found and Kole District, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Uganda it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 12 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abanya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abanya in the Bengali language | ||
| অবন্য | aban'ya | - |
| Abanya in the Marathi language | ||
| अबन्या | aban'ya | 33.33 |
| आबन्या | aban'ya | 33.33 |
| अबान्या | aban'ya | 16.67 |
| अबंया | abanya | 16.67 |
| Abanya in the Russian language | ||
| Абаня | abana | - |
| Abanya in the Arabic language | ||
| ليبانيا | lybanya | - |
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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 Abanya
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