Agbanya Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Agbanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 74 | 1:2,393,821 | 79,921 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Agbanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agbanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Agbanya is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Agbanya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Agbanya is the 2,185,341st most prevalent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. The surname Agbanya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Agbanya live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 2,393,821. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 91 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent reside and Kano, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angbanya | 93 | 35 | / |
| Agbainya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Agbanyo | 86 | 6,036 | / |
| Ogbanya | 86 | 173 | / |
| Agwanya | 86 | 67 | / |
| Aguanya | 86 | 27 | / |
| Agbanha | 86 | 13 | / |
| Agbagna | 86 | 9 | / |
| Agbonya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ogbannya | 80 | 5 | / |
| Angbonya | 80 | 4 | / |
| Angwanya | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ogbaunya | 80 | 2 | / |
| Agbangia | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ogbanyay | 80 | 1 | / |
| Anguanya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Agbonyea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ogbainya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aghbaniad | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oguanya | 71 | 837 | / |
| Agbagno | 71 | 631 | / |
| Akwanya | 71 | 285 | / |
| Agwanyo | 71 | 147 | / |
| Ogbonya | 71 | 74 | / |
| Ogbanja | 71 | 43 | / |
| Agbanjo | 71 | 21 | / |
| Agwania | 71 | 12 | / |
| Agbonyo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ogwanya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Agbanho | 71 | 3 | / |
| Akuanya | 71 | 3 | / |
| Agwanja | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ogbagna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Agbañia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogbanyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aguanyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogbonnya | 67 | 160 | / |
| Agbainjo | 67 | 54 | / |
| Oguanyah | 67 | 22 | / |
| Gogbanyo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Akwuanya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Agbanhou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ogbeinya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ogbuonya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ogwuanya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Agbanijo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ogbannia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogbonyah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agbanjoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwanyat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aguagnia | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Agbanya
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