Abenta Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Portugal

Abenta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abenta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa901:601,97445,802
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Suriname11:552,6169,664

Abenta Last Name Facts

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

The last name Abenta is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Abenta? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,620,164th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Abenta reside; 73 percent reside in Southern Africa and 73 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 601,974. In South Africa Abenta is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 73 percent reside, Western Cape, where 18 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa Abenta is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 23 percent reside and The Congo, where 1 percent reside.

Abenta Last Name Statistics demography

Abenta earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.28% less than the national average, earning R 101,508 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Habenta921/
Abentha921/
Abentai921/
Abente83693/
Obenta83196/
Abento8323/
Abinta8316/
Abenti8314/
Abenty832/
Ebenta831/
Abiento7733/
Abuinta7722/
Gabinta772/
Abintay771/
Abenter771/
Abiente771/
Obienta771/
Abehnte771/
Abentoy771/
Abintah771/
Abnti7333/
Avnta731/
Abentoth712/
Abehenti711/
Abenther710/
Ebinta67127/
Obinta6793/
Abinto6711/
Awinta6710/
Abinti677/
Abinte675/
Obento673/
Obente672/
Abntou671/
Abemte671/
Obenti671/
Owenta671/
Avntha671/
Ebento671/

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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 Abenta
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