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
The last name Agwaru is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Agwaru click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Agwaru? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 617,991st most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 14,633,626 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Agwaru reside; 57 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Agwaru is also the 848,089th most frequently occurring forename in the world, held by 121 people.
This surname is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 286 people, or 1 in 136,501. In Uganda Agwaru is most common in: Serere District, where 44 percent reside, Soroti District, where 17 percent reside and Amuria District, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 42 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
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