Egben Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Egben Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egben Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria971:1,826,21465,886
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Egben Last Name Facts

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

Egben is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Egben? popularity and diffusion

The surname Egben is the 1,871,545th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Egben live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 1,826,214. In Nigeria Egben is most prevalent in: Delta, where 71 percent are found, Edo, where 13 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 7 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Egben exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Egbeng91108/
Egbent913/
Yegben911/
Engben911/
Egbeen911/
Egbend910/
Igben803,852/
Ogben80339/
Eguen80202/
Agben8048/
Egbem806/
Egwen805/
Eghbn801/
Egbin801/
Egbne801/
Ojiegben771/
Hogben733,007/
Igbeng73183/
Agbeen7383/
Ogboen7338/
Egbina738/
Egbuun734/
Igbeen733/
Egweun733/
Jigben732/
Ogbenn731/
Agbien731/
Igboen731/
Iigben731/
Agbaen731/
Higben731/
Hagben731/
Igbehen67108/
Highben6728/
Jingben6712/
Egwn676/
Ygbn675/
Hengbin674/
Igbn672/
Ogbn671/
Eigbion671/
Egwuenn671/
Yingben671/
Jgbn671/
Hogbenn670/

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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
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  • 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 Egben
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