Abegye Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Abegye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 162 | 1:1,093,474 | 45,309 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
Abegye (112) may also be a first name.
Abegye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abegye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abegye is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Abegye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abegye? popularity and diffusion
Abegye is the 1,338,236th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Abegye live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abegye is also the 885,979th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 112 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 162 people, or 1 in 1,093,474. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Taraba, where 59 percent live, Benue, where 16 percent live and Adamawa, where 11 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abeegye | 92 | 26 | / |
| Abege | 91 | 377 | / |
| Abogye | 83 | 188 | / |
| Yabege | 83 | 27 | / |
| Abigye | 83 | 14 | / |
| Ebegye | 83 | 8 | / |
| Abegya | 83 | 8 | / |
| Ibegye | 83 | 6 | / |
| Abiege | 83 | 2 | / |
| Abegie | 83 | 2 | / |
| Obegye | 83 | 2 | / |
| Abegeh | 83 | 2 | / |
| Abehge | 83 | 1 | / |
| Abeege | 83 | 1 | / |
| Abwege | 83 | 1 | / |
| Abuege | 83 | 1 | / |
| Abugeye | 77 | 17 | / |
| Abugiye | 77 | 2 | / |
| Abegyah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abegiya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aboegyi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ebegiye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abaigye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aboogye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obege | 73 | 445 | / |
| Abegi | 73 | 171 | / |
| Ubege | 73 | 26 | / |
| Apege | 73 | 18 | / |
| Ebege | 73 | 8 | / |
| Abgee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abigy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Apegy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ibege | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abo Hegy | 71 | 122 | / |
| Abugieye | 71 | 121 | / |
| Abugiaye | 71 | 2 | / |
| Abogyeye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Apuegiye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ebigye | 67 | 90 | / |
| Obigye | 67 | 45 | / |
| Aepage | 67 | 20 | / |
| Apegya | 67 | 10 | / |
| Abhegi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Abeegi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Appeigyei | 67 | 2 | / |
| Abbey-Ige | 67 | 2 | / |
| Obegyu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Obegie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ubegyu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ebegei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abogya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Apegeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abhigy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abagee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abogyewaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obogye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abigyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abaogy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obegiy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obegyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abeagi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yabegi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ebuege | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ojbege | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owbege | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abgiay | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Abegye
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