Egbai Surname
Approximately 2,092 people bear this surname
Egbai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,054 | 1:86,243 | 6,052 |
| Benin | 35 | 1:295,303 | 24,440 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Egbaï (18) are calculated separately.
Egbai (530) may also be a first name.
Egbai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Egbai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Egbai is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Egbaï. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Egbai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 199,660th most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,483,531 people. The last name Egbai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Egbai live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Egbai is also the 366,410th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 530 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,054 people, or 1 in 86,243. In Nigeria Egbai is primarily found in: Cross River, where 83 percent are found, Delta, where 6 percent are found and Lagos, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Egbai exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 2 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Egbai
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