Agwanyo Surname

1,453,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Agwanyo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Agwanyo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1121:348,56522,932
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Agwanyo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Agwanyo is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Agwanyo.

How Common Is The Last Name Agwanyo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Agwanyo is the 1,453,389th most numerous family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. The last name Agwanyo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Agwanyo live; 76 percent live in East Africa and 76 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 112 people, or 1 in 348,565. In Uganda Agwanyo is mostly found in: Soroti District, where 47 percent reside, Amuria District, where 26 percent reside and Serere District, where 21 percent reside. Apart from Uganda this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 23 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Agbanyo866,036/
Acwanyo86129/
Akwanyo8695/
Agwanya8667/
Aguanyo861/
Angwanya803/
Agwuanjo801/
Okwanyo71816/
Akwanya71285/
Agbanya7175/
Aguanya7127/
Agbanjo7121/
Ogwonyo7115/
Agwania7112/
Agbonyo715/
Ogwanya714/
Angwanijoh712/
Agwanja712/
Ogbanyo711/
Ogwanjo711/
Angwanja6768/
Agbainjo6754/
Angbanya6735/
Akwuanya675/
Agbanijo672/
Ogwuanya672/
Akwanyat671/
Agbainya671/
Engwanya671/
Agbanjoh671/
Anguanya671/

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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 Agwanyo
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