Agbenya Surname

422,155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 821 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Agbenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Agbenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana7621:35,4604,134
Nigeria361:4,920,632129,434
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Agbenya (15) may also be a first name.

Agbenya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Agbenya is found in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Agbenya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 422,155th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,876,426 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Agbenya live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used given name globally. It is borne by 15 people.

The last name Agbenya is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is borne by 762 people, or 1 in 35,460. Excluding Ghana Agbenya occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Agbenya Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Agbenya earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 24.28% more than the national average, earning $53,625 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.72% less than the national average, earning $37,402 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Agbenyah93559/
Agbeenya933/
Agbenyo867,565/
Agbinya86250/
Ogbenya8639/
Agbegna869/
Agwenya864/
Agbenia861/
Ogbeinya804/
Augbenyo801/
Agbainya801/
Agbenyoh801/
Augbenia801/
Hagbenyo801/
Hangwenya755/
Ogbinya71158/
Ogwenya7197/
Agwenyo7143/
Ogbenja7115/
Akwenya717/
Aguenia712/
Ogbenha711/
Aguinya711/
Ogbuinya67735/
Angwenyo67258/
Ogbenija67163/
Akwenyat678/
Agwuinya678/
Akwuenya674/
Hagbegno673/
Angwinya671/
Agbenijo671/
Ogbainya671/

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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 Agbenya
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