Abege Surname
Approximately 377 people bear this surname
Abege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 259 | 1:683,949 | 31,723 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Abege (1,104) may also be a first name.
Abege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abege is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abege? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 758,524th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 19,330,361 people. The last name Abege is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Abege reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abege is also the 240,121st most widely held forename world-wide. It is borne by 1,104 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 259 people, or 1 in 683,949. In Nigeria Abege is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 92 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent reside and Lagos, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside and Cameroon, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Abege
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