Agukwe Surname

628,294th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 487 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Agukwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Agukwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4801:369,04719,712
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Agukwe Last Name Facts

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

Agukwe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Agukwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 628,294th most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 14,964,160 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Agukwe reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Agukwe is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 480 people, or 1 in 369,047. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 23 percent are found, Abia, where 15 percent are found and Adamawa, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Agukwwe921/
Agukw911/
Ogukwe8362/
Agukwa8317/
Agikwe831/
Agokwe831/
Aghukwa7720/
Aghaukwa714/
Agogue67704/
Agigwe676/
Ogikwe673/
Aguque673/
Agugbe673/
Ogokwe671/
Ogugwe671/
Egikwe671/
Agugwa671/
Agokwa671/
Aghogue62113/
Ogoekwe6229/
Agaugue6223/
Agougbe623/
Ogokwue621/
Agougue621/
Agoungue572/
Haghougue531/
Ogugwa50173/
Ogugbe5040/
Ogigwe5017/
Agogwa5016/
Ogogwe5011/
Agogua502/
Ogokwa502/
Ogugue502/
Agugui501/

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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 Agukwe
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