Agwu Surname

8,706th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65,298 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Agwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Agwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria64,0051:2,768358
Togo8401:8,6282,051
United States2231:1,625,376108,854
England941:592,74535,632
South Africa261:2,083,75892,464
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Greece161:692,48777,522
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Benin91:1,148,40050,768
Belize61:59,2462,743
Iceland41:95,0224,787
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Angola11:26,989,21411,853

Agwu (9,619) may also be a first name.

Agwu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Agwu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Agwu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Agwu is the 8,706th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 111,604 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Agwu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Agwu is also the 62,906th most widespread given name world-wide, borne by 9,619 people.

Agwu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 64,005 people, or 1 in 2,768. In Nigeria Agwu is most numerous in: Abia, where 24 percent live, Ebonyi, where 22 percent live and Enugu, where 8 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 39 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Agwu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Agwu last name is principally Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Agwu surname are 40.52% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 93.75% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Agwu earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 12.53% more than the national average, earning R 267,420 per year and in United States they earn 10.39% more than the national average, earning $47,634 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Agwau89155/
Agwuh8981/
Agweu8973/
Agwou8925/
Akgwu8914/
Augwu8912/
Agwui899/
Aagwu898/
Agkwu897/
Agwgu896/
Aegwu896/
Aghwu896/
Agwuu892/
Agcwu891/
Agwus891/
Asgwu891/
Aqgwu891/
Aggwu891/
Agwup891/
Aigwu891/
Angwuh8027/
Angwau804/
Aungwu801/
Hagwou801/
Gagwui801/
Asghwu801/
Aigewu801/
Ahagwu801/
Agwuha801/
Agwahu801/
Egwu7556,270/
Ogwu7519,540/
Agbu755,662/
Akwu753,800/
Aqwu754/
Agvu752/
Egweu67227/
Egwuh67191/
Oogwu67169/
Akwuh67150/
Egwau67103/
Aakwu6796/
Agbou6778/
Agbau6755/
Ogwuh6750/
Aikwu6732/
Agbeu6728/
Eugwu6724/
Aguou6719/
Egwuu6717/
Egwui6715/
Oigwu675/
Eegwu675/
Osgwu675/
Okgwu675/
Egwwu674/
Eggwu674/
Agbuh674/
Ogwwu674/
Uigwu674/
Gakwu673/
Egkwu673/
Ogwau673/
Akwau673/
Askwu673/
Ajgbu673/
Ougwu673/
Aukwu672/
Akwuu672/
Akwou672/
Akwui671/
Akkwu671/
Hagbu671/
Ogwuu671/
Atkwu671/
Ehgwu671/
Akwud671/
Akgbu671/
Uogwu671/
Agvuz671/
Agueu671/
Agwoe671/
Aguau671/
Aigbu671/
Ecgwu671/

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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
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  • 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 Agwu
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