Agunya Surname

885,573rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 304 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Agunya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Agunya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1331:1,331,90052,479
Tanzania1071:494,78133,101
Kenya471:982,55134,283
Uganda121:3,253,27385,117
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Agunya (54) may also be a first name.

Agunya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Agunya has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Agunya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 885,573rd most common surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 23,972,191 people. The surname Agunya is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Agunya are found; 55 percent are found in East Africa and 44 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Agunya is also the 1,350,955th most commonly held forename worldwide, borne by 54 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 133 people, or 1 in 1,331,900. In Nigeria Agunya is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 36 percent are found, Delta, where 24 percent are found and Plateau, where 11 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 35 percent are found and Kenya, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Angunya92124/
Hagunya921/
Gagunya921/
Agunyo831,299/
Ogunya83527/
Agonya83303/
Agunia83131/
Agunja8323/
Agunias77338/
Agounha7798/
Agusnia7766/
Agunnia7714/
Hagunia7713/
Ongunya7712/
Angunia779/
Angunyo778/
Agunjaa771/
Agunnyo771/
Ogunnya771/
Aguunyo771/
Oguunya771/
Agonyaa771/
Aguña73201/
Anggunia719/
Ogunaiya717/
Angounia715/
Ong'unya715/
Angunjia711/
Ogunoyia711/
Agounyoh711/
Agonia671,575/
Ogonya67614/
Ogunyo67404/
Agonyo67351/
Agonha67228/
Ogunia67125/
Ogunja6798/
Ogunnaiya6798/
Agonja678/
Agunjo673/
Agugno671/
Aguñia671/
Hanghunja671/
Ogounyayi671/

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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 Agunya
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