Mgbanyi Surname
Approximately 1,066 people bear this surname
Mgbanyi Surname User-submission:
The Mgbanyi surname comes from the question phrase in Tiv language from central Nigeria, mgba is an action word meaning 'I have done', nyi means 'what'. Mgbanyi means 'I have done what?' or 'what have I done?' or 'what wrong have I done?'
Mgbanyi may be a shortened form of Mgbanyikwagh, where kwagh means 'thing', mgbanyikwagh is a question and should be written with a question mark as a suffix.
Read More About This SurnameMgbanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,066 | 1:166,175 | 10,362 |
Mgbanyi (438) may also be a first name.
Mgbanyi Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Mgbanyi surname comes from the question phrase in Tiv language from central Nigeria, mgba is an action word meaning 'I have done', nyi means 'what'. Mgbanyi means 'I have done what?' or 'what have I done?' or 'what wrong have I done?'
Mgbanyi may be a shortened form of Mgbanyikwagh, where kwagh means 'thing', mgbanyikwagh is a question and should be written with a question mark as a suffix. Mgbanyikwagh? means 'what wrong thing have I done?'. Possible motivation for this name are that parents had bad experiences, ill luck or misfortune, ask this questions because they believe that an evil force is responsible and believe that if they have not offended anyone, then they should not attract such misfortunes.
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Mgbanyi Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Mgbanyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgbanyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mgbanyi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgbanyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 343,860th most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 6,836,347 people. The last name Mgbanyi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgbanyi live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mgbanyi is also the 409,668th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 438 people.
The last name Mgbanyi is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,066 people, or 1 in 166,175. In Nigeria Mgbanyi is most common in: Benue, where 79 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 10 percent reside and Taraba, where 6 percent reside.
Mgbanyi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
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