Ebenyi Surname
Approximately 4,189 people bear this surname
Ebenyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,187 | 1:42,308 | 3,332 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Ébényi (24) are calculated separately.
Ebenyi (342) may also be a first name.
Ebenyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ebenyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ebenyi is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Ébényi. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ebenyi.
How Common Is The Last Name Ebenyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 110,911th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,739,686 people. Ebenyi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ebenyi reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 472,030th most prevalent forename worldwide, borne by 342 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,187 people, or 1 in 42,308. In Nigeria Ebenyi is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 85 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 4 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Iceland, where 0 percent live and Spain, where 0 percent live.
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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 Ebenyi
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