Agweye Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Agweye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 138 | 1:1,283,643 | 51,044 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Agweye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agweye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Agweye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Agweye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Agweye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,478,479th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The surname Agweye is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Agweye reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Agweye is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 138 people, or 1 in 1,283,643. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Cross River, where 35 percent reside, Benue, where 33 percent reside and Adamawa, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Agweye
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