Agbavitor Surname

385,337th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 922 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Agbavitor Surname User-submission:

The Agbavitor surname means 'eating too much without saving some is very bad'.

Agbavitor Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana9011:29,9903,547
Togo91:805,3086,372
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Agbavitor Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Agbavitor surname means 'eating too much without saving some is very bad'.

- godwintsikudo
DNA test information

Agbavitor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Agbavitor is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Agbavitor click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Agbavitor? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 385,337th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,904,063 people. Agbavitor occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Agbavitor reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is borne by 901 people, or 1 in 29,990. Besides Ghana Agbavitor is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Agbavittor951/
Aigboviadora671/
Egbayafdor531/

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  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Agbavitor
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