Agamu Surname

1,061,269th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Agamu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Agamu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2201:805,19435,881
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Agamu (59) may also be a first name.

Agamu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Agamu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Agamu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Agamu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Agamu is the 1,061,269th most common surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 31,010,834 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Agamu live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most widespread first name on earth, held by 59 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 220 people, or 1 in 805,194. In Nigeria Agamu is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 20 percent reside, Plateau, where 19 percent reside and Lagos, where 19 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 3 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hagamu91263/
Agamou91192/
Angamu9188/
Gagamu9124/
Agamau919/
Agamus912/
Aghamu912/
Agammu911/
Agaimu911/
Agamoud83172/
Hagamou8319/
Gaghamu8315/
Angamou834/
Aggamou831/
Agamout831/
Augamus831/
Ogamu80161/
Agomu80126/
Egamu8070/
Agemu8034/
Aggamoud7712/
Aingamou772/
Aghaamou771/
Angaimou771/
Agomou7371/
Angomu7334/
Agomuh735/
Agomgu734/
Agamoe732/
Aghemu731/
Egamou731/
Agamoo731/
Gogamu731/
Ogaumu731/
Agoomu731/
Haingammu712/
Agoumou6720/
Agomouh6717/
Angomou673/
Agommou672/
Agaimhouyi671/
Ogahamu671/
Hangomu671/

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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 Agamu
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