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
The surname Mgbenya occurs most in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgbenya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,817,111th most widely held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgbenya reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Mgbenya is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 102 people, or 1 in 1,736,694. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 54 percent live, Enugu, where 15 percent live and Benue, where 11 percent live. Not including Nigeria Mgbenya is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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