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
The surname Abeshi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Abeshi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Abeshi is the 492,243rd most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 10,844,562 people. It occurs mostly 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 at a global level, borne by 85 people.
The surname Abeshi is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 402 people, or 1 in 440,654. In Nigeria Abeshi is primarily found in: Cross River, where 54 percent live, Nasarawa, where 29 percent live and Taraba, where 6 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Albania, where 33 percent live and Greece, where 4 percent live.
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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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