Agabus Surname

249,873rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,588 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Chad

Agabus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Agabus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1641:152,1849,633
Chad3851:35,3044,109
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Agabuš (1) are calculated separately.

Agabus (1,684) may also be a first name.

Agabus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Agabus (Oriya: ଅଗବୁସ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Agabuš. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Agabus? popularity and diffusion

It is the 249,873rd most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,589,135 people. The surname Agabus is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Agabus are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Agabus is also the 187,521st most frequent forename on earth It is held by 1,684 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,164 people, or 1 in 152,184. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Adamawa, where 58 percent are found, Plateau, where 13 percent are found and Gombe, where 7 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 24 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Agabuš941/
Aggabus9216/
Agabous926/
Agabu91856/
Angabu8343/
Agabou8318/
Agabui8310/
Gagabu838/
Agabos835/
Hagabu834/
Aghabu833/
Agawus831/
Agabau831/
Agabut831/
Agabousse8017/
Aggabou778/
Hagabos776/
Agebush774/
Ashgabu771/
Angabau771/
Angabou771/
Agabgou771/
Ogabu73377/
Agavu733/
Agobu732/
Hagebush7128/
Hagabuch710/
Hagebusch67266/
Angobu67213/
Aghavu6719/
Hagobu679/
Aigobu673/
Ogabui672/
Agavou671/
Agaavu671/
Ongabu671/
Ogabgu671/
Aganpu671/
Ogaibu671/
Agaboo671/
Haugabout670/

Agabus Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Agabus in the Oriya language
ଅଗବୁସagabusa-

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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
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  • 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 Agabus
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