Agu Surname
Approximately 171,172 people bear this surname
Agu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 160,868 | 1:1,101 | 143 |
| Uganda | 1,758 | 1:22,207 | 3,237 |
| Ghana | 1,663 | 1:16,248 | 2,082 |
| Cameroon | 1,017 | 1:20,422 | 2,774 |
| Indonesia | 1,008 | 1:131,200 | 13,132 |
| United States | 591 | 1:613,298 | 49,723 |
| Papua New Guinea | 559 | 1:14,586 | 1,408 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Argentina | 433 | 1:98,715 | 8,330 |
| France | 327 | 1:203,128 | 31,564 |
| England | 292 | 1:190,815 | 16,913 |
| Taiwan | 262 | 1:89,484 | 895 |
| Romania | 256 | 1:78,429 | 9,254 |
| Japan | 232 | 1:551,053 | 15,186 |
| India | 221 | 1:3,470,884 | 98,993 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Estonia | 146 | 1:9,053 | 1,249 |
| Italy | 126 | 1:485,371 | 49,911 |
| South Africa | 104 | 1:520,939 | 41,780 |
| Malaysia | 86 | 1:342,956 | 18,348 |
| Philippines | 65 | 1:1,557,511 | 106,526 |
| Canada | 59 | 1:624,502 | 51,218 |
| Russia | 50 | 1:2,882,461 | 158,532 |
| Brazil | 41 | 1:5,221,325 | 132,593 |
| Solomon Islands | 39 | 1:14,873 | 2,820 |
| Thailand | 28 | 1:2,522,798 | 271,580 |
| Germany | 26 | 1:3,096,364 | 143,912 |
| Northern Ireland | 19 | 1:97,107 | 6,126 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Iceland | 10 | 1:38,009 | 2,599 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 1:916,227 | 36,116 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 1:1,859,951 | 94,590 |
The alternate forms: Agù (40) & Agú (10) are calculated separately.
Agu (11,094) may also be a first name.
Agu Demographics
Agu Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Agu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Agu (Arabic: اغو, Georgian: აგუ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻙ, Hindi: अगु, Marathi: आगु, Oriya: ଆଗୁ, Russian: Агу) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Agù or Agú. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Agu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,290th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 42,574 people. Agu is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Agu are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Agu is also the 57,150th most frequent given name on earth It is held by 11,094 people.
The last name Agu is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 160,868 people, or 1 in 1,101. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 29 percent live, Anambra, where 21 percent live and Imo, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Agu occurs in 92 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent live and Ghana, where 1 percent live.
Agu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Agu has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 2,189 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Agu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Agu last name is principally Latin Catholic (67%) in Lebanon and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Agu last name are 42.51% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.74% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Agu earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 21.41% less than the national average, earning R 186,756 per year; in United States they earn 14.25% more than the national average, earning $49,297 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.43% more than the national average, earning $56,353 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Agu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Agu in the Georgian language | ||
| აგუ | agu | - |
| Agu in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻙ | ak | - |
| Agu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଗୁ | agu | 77.78 |
| ଅଗୁ | agu | 22.22 |
| Agu in the Marathi language | ||
| आगु | agu | 48.31 |
| आगू | agu | 19.1 |
| फ़ागु | fagu | 13.48 |
| अगु | agu | 11.24 |
| अगू | agu | 4.49 |
| अंगु | angu | 2.25 |
| Agu in the Hindi language | ||
| अगु | agu | 44.44 |
| अगू | agu | 20.37 |
| आगू | agu | 16.67 |
| आगु | agu | 5.56 |
| ागू | agu | 5.56 |
| ागु | agu | 3.7 |
| Agu in the Russian language | ||
| Агу | agu | - |
| Agu in the Arabic language | ||
| اغو | aghw | - |
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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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- 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 Agu
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