Egbas Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Egbas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egbas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria491:3,615,158105,602
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Egbas (27) may also be a first name.

Egbas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Egbas is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Egbas? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,661,929th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Egbas live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 27 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 3,615,158. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 57 percent are found, Cross River, where 22 percent are found and Lagos, where 14 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent are found and Iceland, where 2 percent are found.

Egbas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Egbas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Egbas last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Egbase9168/
Engbas918/
Eghbas912/
Egbais912/
Egba8912,748/
Egbatse831/
Egbai802,092/
Agbas801,286/
Egbah80331/
Hegba80215/
Egbau80130/
Egbos80118/
Engba80107/
Eguas8099/
Gegba8049/
Igbas8026/
Ogbas8022/
Egboa8020/
Egbaï8018/
Egbea8017/
Iegba808/
Egwas807/
Eegba802/
Eigba802/
Eygba801/
Ygbas801/
Eagba801/
Egbga801/
Egbad801/
Enguas7391/
Agbash7361/
Geegba7348/
Igbase7335/
Egboha7317/
Gegbay737/
Gegbai737/
Jiegba736/
Egbose736/
Aigbas735/
Agbais735/
Engbau734/
Egwase733/
Aîgbas732/
Aïgbas732/
Igbass732/
Agbass732/
Ogbass732/
Agbaus732/
Eegbha731/
Engbah731/
Heagba731/
Aagbas731/
Egbeae731/
Egbahe731/
Heguas731/
Egbayï731/
Egbace731/
Euguas731/
Hagbas731/
Hengba731/
Hegbay731/
Egbo6748,962/
Igba6720,515/
Geegbay6770/
Geegbah6738/
Aghbash6736/
Egbuoha6724/
Egbache6723/
Igbatse6713/
Geegbea6712/
Egboaja674/
Igbashe673/
Ahiegba672/
Egva672/
Ygba672/
Egbeahe671/
Egbahei671/
Jeegbai671/
Uanegba671/
Jgba671/
Egbá671/
Egwasse671/
Igbease671/
Eghbach670/

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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 Egbas
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