Abeiya Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Abeiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 148 | 1:1,196,911 | 48,419 |
| Cameroon | 73 | 1:284,508 | 26,965 |
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Abeiya (49) may also be a first name.
Abeiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abeiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abeiya occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abeiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Abeiya is the 1,044,719th most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,364,775 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Abeiya live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 49 people.
The last name Abeiya is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 1,196,911. In Nigeria Abeiya is mostly concentrated in: Kwara, where 45 percent reside, Ekiti, where 33 percent reside and Kogi, where 7 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 30 percent reside and Benin, where 7 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 Abeiya
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