Abenyi Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Abenyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 86 | 1:2,059,800 | 71,823 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Abenyi (24) may also be a first name.
Abenyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abenyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abenyi is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abenyi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,967,751st most widespread family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Abenyi live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 24 people.
The surname Abenyi is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 2,059,800. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 43 percent reside, Benue, where 24 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 8 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 3 percent reside and Ghana, where 1 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 Abenyi
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