Agungu Surname

940,398th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 279 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Agungu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Agungu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2731:648,87530,450
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Agungu (30) may also be a first name.

Agungu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Agungu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Agungu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 940,398th most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. The last name Agungu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Agungu live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Agungu is also the 1,911,214th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 30 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 273 people, or 1 in 648,875. In Nigeria Agungu is most prevalent in: Benue, where 64 percent are found, Kogi, where 24 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 5 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Angungu9279/
Augungu924/
Agunu911,254/
Agugu91957/
Akgunguz862/
Agongu83231/
Agunnu8362/
Egungu8334/
Angunu8332/
Agugut8314/
Hagugu8311/
Ogungu8310/
Agunus835/
Agugou832/
Agughu831/
Agunud831/
Agunut831/
Aghugu831/
Agunau831/
Hangunggu808/
Aghughu77542/
Agougou77163/
Augunus7713/
Anggunu7710/
Aungunu7710/
Agounou779/
Ongungu774/
Hagunnu771/
Ahagunu771/
Ogugu731,917/
Ogunu73469/
Agogu73182/
Angounou71814/
Agounnou716/
Aghuhghu713/
Aigougou712/
Gogugu6772/
Ogunnu6743/
Aghogu6730/
Ogugou6712/
Ongoungou6711/
Ogugus674/
Ongunu673/
Oguguh673/
Ogugau672/
Angugu672/
Oguggu671/
Agunoo671/

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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 Agungu
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