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

Agwanyo is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Agwanyo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,453,389th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Agwanyo reside; 76 percent reside in East Africa and 76 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Agwanyo is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 348,565. In Uganda Agwanyo is most prevalent in: Soroti District, where 47 percent live, Amuria District, where 26 percent live and Serere District, where 21 percent live. Other than Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 23 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.

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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