Abeshi Surname
Approximately 672 people bear this surname
Abeshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 402 | 1:440,654 | 22,618 |
| Albania | 220 | 1:13,246 | 2,424 |
| Greece | 27 | 1:410,363 | 54,524 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Abeshi (85) may also be a first name.
Abeshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abeshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abeshi is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abeshi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Abeshi is the 492,243rd most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,844,562 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Abeshi live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,039,322nd most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 85 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 402 people, or 1 in 440,654. In Nigeria Abeshi is most frequent in: Cross River, where 54 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 29 percent reside and Taraba, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 33 percent reside and Greece, where 4 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 Abeshi
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