Agwaru Surname
Approximately 498 people bear this surname
Agwaru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 286 | 1:136,501 | 12,441 |
| Nigeria | 209 | 1:847,573 | 37,299 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
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
Agwaru occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Agwaru? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 617,991st most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 14,633,626 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Agwaru reside; 57 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 848,089th most frequent forename worldwide. It is borne by 121 people.
This last name is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 286 people, or 1 in 136,501. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Serere District, where 44 percent are found, Soroti District, where 17 percent are found and Amuria District, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Uganda it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 42 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agbaru | 83 | 469 | / |
| Aguaru | 83 | 143 | / |
| Agweru | 83 | 65 | / |
| Egwaru | 83 | 56 | / |
| Ogwaru | 83 | 18 | / |
| Agworu | 83 | 10 | / |
| Akwaru | 83 | 3 | / |
| Agbarou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Agbaruh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Aguarou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egwuaru | 77 | 1 | / |
| Haygweru | 71 | 1 | / |
| Agbearou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekwaru | 67 | 1,050 | / |
| Aguoru | 67 | 448 | / |
| Oguaru | 67 | 408 | / |
| Egweru | 67 | 241 | / |
| Ogbaru | 67 | 94 | / |
| Agboru | 67 | 37 | / |
| Akweru | 67 | 34 | / |
| Okwaru | 67 | 25 | / |
| Ogworu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Acweru | 67 | 2 | / |
| Egworu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogweru | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akworu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis