Akpobasa Surname

308,515th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Akpobasa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akpobasa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,2011:147,4969,365
Ireland131:362,22614,761
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
England11:55,718,059489,080
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Akpobasa (37) may also be a first name.

Akpobasa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Akpobasa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Akpobasa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Akpobasa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 308,515th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,958,746 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Akpobasa reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 37 people.

The last name Akpobasa is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,201 people, or 1 in 147,496. In Nigeria Akpobasa is most frequent in: Delta, where 70 percent reside, Edo, where 10 percent reside and Lagos, where 4 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akpobasah94356/
Akpobasaa9458/
Akpobassa942/
Akpobeasa941/
Akpobasaha89240/
Akpobasahe891/
Hakpobasah891/
Akpabasa889/
Akpobosa887/
Okpobasa881/
Akpobaso881/
Akpobase881/
Akpobasoh8211/
Akpobosah822/
Akpabassa821/
Akpobosaa821/
Akpabasi7528/
Akpoboso751/
Ekpobassey6719/

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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 Akpobasa
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