Abeyi Surname
Approximately 258 people bear this surname
Abeyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 177 | 1:1,000,807 | 42,311 |
| Benin | 27 | 1:382,800 | 28,543 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Abeyi (443) may also be a first name.
Abeyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abeyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abeyi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abeyi? popularity and diffusion
Abeyi is the 993,593rd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Abeyi live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abeyi is also the 407,208th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 443 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 177 people, or 1 in 1,000,807. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 27 percent are found, Kogi, where 20 percent are found and Benue, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 10 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Abeyi
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