Agw Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Agw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Agw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Agw (68) may also be a first name.

Agw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Agw occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Agw? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,957,383rd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. Agw occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Agw live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,181,159th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 68 people.

The last name Agw is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 40 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 33 percent are found and Lagos, where 13 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 20 percent are found and Pakistan, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Agwe862,178/
Hagw8645/
Augw866/
Aghw863/
Agwh862/
Agvw861/
Agkw861/
Aghwe75513/
Hagwe75131/
Ageew7516/
Aigwe755/
Hagws754/
Haugw751/
Aegww751/
Agwhe751/
Ahgwe751/
Agb67129/
Ogw6737/
Egw6726/
Akw6719/
Aguowa6716/
Agv6714/
Aqw6713/
Acw6710/
Angeew677/
Ageewe674/
Ahagwe671/
Haghwe671/

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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 Agw
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