Agitu Surname

164,067th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,645 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Agitu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Agitu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia2,5761:37,8674,280
Uganda541:722,95035,796
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712

Agitu (14) may also be a first name.

Agitu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Agitu is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Agitu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Agitu is the 164,067th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,755,216 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Agitu live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most numerous first name internationally It is held by 14 people.

It is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is held by 2,576 people, or 1 in 37,867. Without taking into account Ethiopia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Angitu919/
Agietu911/
Agitau911/
Hagitu911/
Agistu911/
Angithu836/
Angitau832/
Agutu807,057/
Agetu80404/
Egitu80211/
Asitu80166/
Acitu801/
Azitu801/
Ajitu801/
Haguitou774/
Aguittou771/
Aguttu733,799/
Aisetu7348/
Aguutu7318/
Ajaitu7316/
Ajidtu7313/
Aguthu7312/
Hasitu7311/
Agettu738/
Asithu737/
Asitou737/
Asitau736/
Gogitu734/
Asituj734/
Aggutu734/
Asaitu734/
Angetu733/
Azitou732/
Hajitu732/
Achitu732/
Asittu731/
Ayjitu731/
Acituj731/
Egitou731/
Hagutu731/
Ogaitu731/
Hagetu731/
Asietu731/
Aceituj6781/
Aisetou6711/
Achietu6711/
Asistuj679/
Hagetou677/
Hajitou676/
Hachitu675/
Angethu674/
Oghittu674/
Hajaitu674/
Ojaitou672/
Aguetou672/
Hasitou671/
Agguttu671/
Aiscetu671/
Aguuttu671/
Ajeitou671/
Achitou671/
Arzitou671/

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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 Agitu
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