Agbame Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Agbame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Agbame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agbame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Agbame is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Agbame? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,661,929th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname Agbame is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Agbame are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 4,320,555. In Nigeria Agbame is primarily found in: Edo, where 54 percent are found, Delta, where 27 percent are found and Lagos, where 15 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 9 percent are found and Canada, where 6 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 Agbame
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