Agbel Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Agbel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Agbel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon611:340,47730,746
Nigeria451:3,936,506111,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Agbel (14) may also be a first name.

Agbel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Agbel has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Agbel? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,785,358th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Agbel live; 58 percent live in Central Africa and 58 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 14 people.

This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 340,477. In Cameroon Agbel is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 98 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 2 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 42 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Agbael911/
Aagbel911/
Aigbel911/
Augbel911/
Angbel911/
Agbiel911/
Agbelt911/
Agbl893/
Agbelle831/
Ageebel831/
Agble803,041/
Aguel80474/
Ogbel80147/
Agbil8078/
Agwel8019/
Egbel807/
Hagble73157/
Haguel7364/
Aguell7344/
Akguel7323/
Ongbel7320/
Angbil7313/
Ayguel7311/
Agbuul736/
Agguel734/
Ageebl732/
Agbgli731/
Aiguel731/
Agouel731/
Agueel731/
Ogbuel731/
Ogboel731/
Ogbell731/
Eghbel731/
Hagbil731/
Hauguel671,877/
Hagwell67145/
Hagouel6774/
Ogbelle6772/
Agwl6714/
Haugbøl675/
Egbl671/
Haiguel671/
Ogbuehl671/
Gagwell671/
Egbehel671/
Agvl671/

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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 Agbel
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