Agwes Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Agwes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Agwes (22) may also be a first name.
Agwes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agwes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Agwes is found most in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Agwes? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Agwes live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Agwes is also the 2,301,746th most frequent forename at a global level. It is borne by 22 people.
Agwes is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Agwes is most numerous in: Plateau, where 100 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agwese | 91 | 2 | / |
| Agues | 80 | 402 | / |
| Agwec | 80 | 60 | / |
| Agwis | 80 | 12 | / |
| Agbes | 80 | 6 | / |
| Akwes | 80 | 2 | / |
| Egwes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hagues | 73 | 561 | / |
| Gagwis | 73 | 402 | / |
| Akwese | 73 | 211 | / |
| Agwech | 73 | 106 | / |
| Agoues | 73 | 86 | / |
| Aygues | 73 | 55 | / |
| Aigues | 73 | 43 | / |
| Augues | 73 | 13 | / |
| Aguess | 73 | 4 | / |
| Agbess | 73 | 3 | / |
| Akwehs | 73 | 2 | / |
| Agueys | 73 | 2 | / |
| Agueis | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hagbes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ongwes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ogwesh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Angves | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hagwez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akwesse | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aghwise | 67 | 1 | / |
| Augwech | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akweise | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haigues | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akweshe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogweshe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aghbesh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Angwiss | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Agwes
- 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