Agbecha Surname

1,267,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 181 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Agbecha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Agbecha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1801:984,12641,775
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Agbecha Last Name Facts

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

The last name Agbecha is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Agbecha? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,267,784th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. The surname Agbecha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Agbecha live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 984,126. In Nigeria Agbecha is most common in: Benue, where 82 percent are found, Kano, where 8 percent are found and Kaduna, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 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 Agbecha
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