Agoe Surname
Approximately 4,799 people bear this surname
Agoe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2,976 | 1:13,118 | 2,137 |
| Ghana | 1,732 | 1:15,601 | 2,007 |
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Agoè (1) & Agoé (1) are calculated separately.
Agoe (64) may also be a first name.
Agoe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agoe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Agoe occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Agoè or Agoé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Agoe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 98,766th most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,518,555 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Agoe are found; 62 percent are found in East Africa and 61 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Agoe is also the 1,223,525th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 64 people.
The surname Agoe is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 2,976 people, or 1 in 13,118. In Uganda Agoe is mostly concentrated in: Kumi District, where 28 percent are found, Serere District, where 17 percent are found and Bukedea District, where 15 percent are found. Not including Uganda this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 36 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
Agoe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Agoe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Agoe last name expanded 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Agoe
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