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 has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abenyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Abenyi is the 1,967,751st most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname Abenyi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Abenyi reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abenyi is also the 2,187,323rd most prevalent first name globally, borne by 24 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 86 people, or 1 in 2,059,800. In Nigeria Abenyi is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 43 percent reside, Benue, where 24 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 8 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Abenyi is found 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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