Anbua Surname

807,857th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 346 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Anbua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Anbua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3451:513,45725,439
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Anbua (16) may also be a first name.

Anbua Last Name Facts

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

The last name Anbua is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Anbua? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 807,857th most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,062,271 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Anbua live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Anbua is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring given name throughout the world, held by 16 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 345 people, or 1 in 513,457. In Nigeria Anbua is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 77 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 9 percent reside and Bauchi, where 6 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Anbua is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ainbua911/
Ganbua911/
Hanbua911/
Asinbua831/
Ambua801,323/
Onbua8041/
Anbwa801/
Anbba801/
Ambuat73203/
Ambuas7335/
Gambua7334/
Hambua7312/
Hanbba734/
Anfuad733/
Ganbwa731/
Eambua731/
Oonbua731/
Aumbua731/
Anbwah731/
Onbuay731/
Ganfua731/
Ambouha67115/
Gambuay6746/
Anphuea677/
Gambhua675/
Asenbwa672/
Hanbway671/

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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 Anbua
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