Ahanbe Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ahanbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ahanbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Ahanbe (13) may also be a first name.

Ahanbe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ahanbe is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ahanbe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,957,383rd most frequent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ahanbe reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 13 people.

The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 7,380,948. In Nigeria Ahanbe is most frequent in: Benue, where 88 percent live and Nasarawa, where 13 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ahanbi831,649/
Ahambe83909/
Hanbeh8322/
Ahunbe8310/
Ahambeh7717/
Hambe73975/
Aambe7335/
Ahnby734/
Ahambeed711/
Aahambed711/
Hamber67977/
Ahumbe67395/
Haimbe67313/
Hambey67126/
Hambeh67122/
Aamber6764/
Ahambi6763/
Gaambe6745/
Hambie6728/
Hambeu6712/
Hambee6712/
Hambei672/
Hambet672/
Haumbe672/
Haymbe671/
Hambea671/
Hambÿe671/
Hammbe671/
Hambed671/

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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 Ahanbe
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