Abewon Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Abewon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abewon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741

Abewon (33) may also be a first name.

Abewon Last Name Facts

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

The surname Abewon has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Abewon.

How Common Is The Last Name Abewon? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Abewon occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Abewon live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 33 people.

This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Abewon is mostly found in: Ogun, where 82 percent reside, Lagos, where 9 percent reside and Oyo, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 15 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abebon8332/
Abiwon8327/
Abawon8326/
Abewun831/
Abawoun772/
Abiowon772/
Obeuwon771/
Abawan67398/
Abibon6767/
Obewun6718/
Abiwan6715/
Abovan6712/
Abavon676/
Ebiwon676/
Abowan672/
Abeban671/
Obawon671/
Habeeboon671/

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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 Abewon
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis