Egbenya Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Egbenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Egbenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Egbenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Egbenya is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Egbenya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Egbenya? popularity and diffusion
Egbenya is the 2,106,139th most widespread surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Egbenya reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 2,530,611. In Nigeria Egbenya is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 33 percent reside, Edo, where 31 percent reside and Enugu, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 11 percent reside and Sudan, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egbenyap | 93 | 21 | / |
| Egbenyah | 93 | 1 | / |
| Igbenya | 86 | 2 | / |
| Egbenyo | 86 | 2 | / |
| Engwenya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Egbehenyo | 75 | 6 | / |
| Ekwenya | 71 | 5 | / |
| Egwenea | 71 | 4 | / |
| Egbinha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekweanya | 67 | 38 | / |
| Egwengea | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ekwenyau | 67 | 12 | / |
| Engwenyo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Egbeneho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwuinya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igbinoyia | 63 | 2 | / |
| Ikwenya | 57 | 189 | / |
| Ecwinya | 57 | 25 | / |
| Ekwenyo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Igwenyo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ingwenyo | 53 | 100 | / |
| Esquenia | 53 | 0 | / |
| Igbinogia | 50 | 2 | / |
| Igbinijia | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Egbenya
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