Agyu Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Agyu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Agyu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria721:2,460,31681,464
Indonesia221:6,011,327267,290

Agyu (496) may also be a first name.

Agyu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Agyu is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Agyu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Agyu is the 1,918,812th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. The surname Agyu occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Agyu live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 381,018th most common forename throughout the world It is held by 496 people.

Agyu is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 2,460,316. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Taraba, where 89 percent reside, Benue, where 8 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 23 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hagyu89133/
Agyau898/
Agyui891/
Ogyu75742/
Adyu753/
Adyou6747/
Aduyu6715/
Adeyu6713/
Adyus673/
Adoyu672/
Audyu671/
Adyut671/
Ahdyu671/
Godyu671/
Gadyu671/
Adyuj671/
Adaghiyu671/
Hadyu671/

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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 Agyu
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