Agbelete Surname

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

Approximately 181 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Agbelete Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Agbelete Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1571:65,8328,038
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Agbelete Last Name Facts

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

The surname Agbelete is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Agbelete? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,267,784th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Agbelete are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 65,832. In Benin it is most frequent in: Kouffo Department, where 90 percent are found, Zou Department, where 6 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 3 percent are found. Not including Benin this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 12 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Agbeletey948/
Agbolete88547/
Agbeleta885/
Agbelite881/
Agboletey82489/
Agbaleti7512/
Hogbelet751/
Aguilete751/
Agbalatei711/
Agbolati632/
Ogweleti631/
Aquelite631/
Agbalaati591/
Aqueliste591/
Egbolati501/
Aquelita501/

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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 Agbelete
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