Agwegwe Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Agwegwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Agwegwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria421:4,217,685117,088
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England11:55,718,059489,080

Agwegwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Agwegwe is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Agwegwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,776,799th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Agwegwe are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 4,217,685. In Nigeria Agwegwe is most frequent in: Federal Capital Territory, where 38 percent are found, Delta, where 26 percent are found and Lagos, where 14 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Agwegwe Last Name Statistics demography

Agwegwe earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 128.38% more than the national average, earning $98,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Augwekwe803/
Ogwhegwhe751/
Aguegue71507/
Agbegbe71143/
Aguegbe7129/
Ogbegwe717/
Ogwegbe714/
Akwekwe713/
Okwegwe711/
Agwekwi711/
Ogwuegbe6723/
Oghwegbe6716/
Agbeagbe675/
Agbeygbe673/
Agbeigbe672/
Ogwuekwe671/
Aiguegbe671/
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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 Agwegwe
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