Agwi Surname

656,126th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 459 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Agwi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Agwi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2421:731,99533,424
Papua New Guinea1041:78,40110,308
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Cameroon381:546,55442,843
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Agwi (108) may also be a first name.

Agwi Last Name Facts

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

Agwi is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Agwi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 656,126th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 15,877,006 people. The last name Agwi is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Agwi live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 904,892nd most commonly used given name at a global level, held by 108 people.

The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 242 people, or 1 in 731,995. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Edo, where 63 percent live, Lagos, where 15 percent live and Rivers, where 9 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent live and The DR Congo, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Agwai89746/
Agwei89107/
Agwit8963/
Augwi8962/
Aigwi8940/
Agwie8920/
Agwui899/
Agwoi895/
Agwii893/
Aghwi891/
Aggwei8010/
Gagwei801/
Gagwui801/
Aghwai801/
Aghwid801/
Agweih801/
Agwith801/
Agwa7514,137/
Agbi7510,162/
Akwi756,946/
Agui756,294/
Agwe752,178/
Egwi7569/
Ogwi7512/
Agüi755/
Acwi754/
Agwy752/
Agvi752/
Aqwi751/
Aighewi73105/
Agwuoyi731/
Anhgwai731/
Agbai678,718/
Akwii678,544/
Akwei673,964/
Akwai67586/
Aghwe67513/
Hagui67209/
Haqwi67201/
Agwee67178/
Ogwai67177/
Hagwe67131/
Agweh67129/
Agboi67120/
Hagbi67103/
Agway6789/
Agwea6781/
Agweu6773/
Aguei6759/
Aigbi6748/
Hakwi6744/
Aigwa6740/
Augui6736/
Egwai6735/
Agwet6732/
Aigui6730/
Agwaa6728/
Ogwei6721/
Hagwa6720/
Agbei6718/
Aghbi6718/
Ogwio6718/
Agwed6717/
Aguai6716/
Egwii6716/
Aghwa6716/
Agbih6715/
Egwui6715/
Angvi6712/
Augwa6711/
Aggwa6711/
Eagui679/
Aghui678/
Ogwis678/
Aggui677/
Acwii677/
Egwie676/
Aguih675/
Agwue675/
Aigwe675/
Aqwai675/
Agvit674/
Akwie674/
Akwyi674/
Aguiy674/
Aukwi674/
Aagui673/
Agbyi673/
Ogwii673/
Egwei673/
Akwij673/
Eagwa672/
Akwoi672/
Aguij672/
Akwih672/
Agvei672/
Ogwoi672/
Akwio672/
Gokwi672/
Hangkwai671/
Ancwi671/
Agkwe671/
Ogwie671/
Aygwa671/
Agbij671/
Agkwa671/
Agwyo671/
Aguii671/
Angwé671/
Akwgi671/
Akwui671/
Acwei671/
Ogwih671/
Aagbi671/
Ahgwe671/
Agwha671/
Agwhe671/
Acwai671/
Ongwi671/
Akgui671/

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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 Agwi
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