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
Egbenya is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Egbenya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,106,139th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. Egbenya occurs predominantly 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 common in Nigeria, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 2,530,611. In Nigeria Egbenya is most common in: Lagos, where 33 percent are found, Edo, where 31 percent are found and Enugu, where 14 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 11 percent are found and Sudan, where 1 percent are found.
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
- 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 Egbenya
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