Agbalessi Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Agbalessi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Agbalessi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1331:77,7119,241
Ivory Coast881:262,17310,293
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Agbalessi (11) may also be a first name.

Agbalessi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Agbalessi is found most frequently in Benin. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Agbalessi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Agbalessi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,098,270th most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Agbalessi reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held forename at a global level It is held by 11 people.

The surname is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 133 people, or 1 in 77,711. In Benin it is most common in: Zou Department, where 75 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 10 percent reside and Atakora Department, where 5 percent reside. Other than Benin it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 39 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Agbalessi
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