Agbwa Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Agbwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Agbwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agbwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Agbwa is found most in Cameroon. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Agbwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Agbwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Agbwa live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 741,752. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: East Region, where 54 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 39 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 4 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Agbwa
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