Agbala Surname
Approximately 2,262 people bear this surname
Agbala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,165 | 1:152,054 | 9,627 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Benin | 230 | 1:44,937 | 5,722 |
| DR Congo | 171 | 1:432,044 | 35,878 |
| Iran | 41 | 1:1,872,744 | 68,622 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Agbala (115) may also be a first name.
Agbala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agbala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Agbala is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Agbala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 187,069th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 3,221,727 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Agbala live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 873,022nd most numerous forename world-wide It is held by 115 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,165 people, or 1 in 152,054. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 17 percent are found, Enugu, where 13 percent are found and Cross River, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 28 percent are found and Benin, where 10 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 Agbala
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