Agwei Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Agwei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 52 | 1:750,755 | 36,601 |
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
Agwei (16) may also be a first name.
Agwei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agwei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Agwei is found most in Uganda. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Agwei.
How Common Is The Last Name Agwei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,775,494th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name Agwei occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Agwei are found; 49 percent are found in East Africa and 49 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent first name at a global level, held by 16 people.
The last name Agwei is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 750,755. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Oyam District, where 60 percent live, Kole District, where 35 percent live and Dokolo District, where 2 percent live. Not including Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 38 percent live and Cameroon, where 13 percent live.
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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 Agwei
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