Agwaru Surname

617,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 498 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Agwaru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Agwaru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2861:136,50112,441
Nigeria2091:847,57337,299
England31:18,572,686338,250

Agwaru (121) may also be a first name.

Agwaru Last Name Facts

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

The surname Agwaru has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Agwaru? popularity and diffusion

It is the 617,991st most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 14,633,626 people. Agwaru is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Agwaru live; 57 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Agwaru is also the 848,089th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 121 people.

Agwaru is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 286 people, or 1 in 136,501. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Serere District, where 44 percent live, Soroti District, where 17 percent live and Amuria District, where 15 percent live. Outside of Uganda Agwaru is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 42 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Agbaru83469/
Aguaru83143/
Agweru8365/
Egwaru8356/
Ogwaru8318/
Agworu8310/
Akwaru833/
Agbarou772/
Agbaruh772/
Aguarou771/
Egwuaru771/
Haygweru711/
Agbearou711/
Ekwaru671,050/
Aguoru67448/
Oguaru67408/
Egweru67241/
Ogbaru6794/
Agboru6737/
Akweru6734/
Okwaru6725/
Ogworu673/
Acweru672/
Egworu671/
Ogweru671/
Akworu671/

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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 Agwaru
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis