Mgbenya Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Mgbenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 102 | 1:1,736,694 | 63,540 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mgbenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgbenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mgbenya is found most in Nigeria. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Mgbenya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgbenya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mgbenya is the 1,817,111th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. Mgbenya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgbenya reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 102 people, or 1 in 1,736,694. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 54 percent reside, Enugu, where 15 percent reside and Benue, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mgbenyae | 93 | 4 | / |
| Mgbeanya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mgwenya | 86 | 9,409 | / |
| Mguenya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mgbenyo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mgkwenya | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mgwienya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mng'wenya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mingwenya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mkwenya | 71 | 886 | / |
| Mqwenya | 71 | 19 | / |
| Mgwenyo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mgwenja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mcwenya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mgwinya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mingw'enya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mnkwenya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mkwenyaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mnguhinya | 63 | 7 | / |
| Ming'wenyo | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mkwenha | 57 | 10 | / |
| Mgwinja | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mkwinya | 57 | 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 Mgbenya
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