Ategwu Surname
Approximately 297 people bear this surname
Ategwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 296 | 1:598,455 | 28,689 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Ategwu (20) may also be a first name.
Ategwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ategwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ategwu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ategwu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 899,940th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 24,537,192 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ategwu reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ategwu is also the 2,446,817th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 20 people.
Ategwu is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 296 people, or 1 in 598,455. In Nigeria Ategwu is most common in: Cross River, where 74 percent live, Delta, where 5 percent live and Kaduna, where 5 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ateugwu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Atoegwu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Otegwu | 83 | 652 | / |
| Atagwu | 83 | 101 | / |
| Atogwu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ategbu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Etegwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Etiegwu | 77 | 14 | / |
| Otehgwu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Otiegwu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Oteigwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oteugwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ettaegwu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Otekwu | 67 | 73 | / |
| Otogwu | 67 | 51 | / |
| Atokwu | 67 | 30 | / |
| Atakwu | 67 | 18 | / |
| Otagwu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Otegbu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Etigwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Etogwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Etekwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Atikwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oteikwu | 62 | 1,269 | / |
| Otiekwu | 62 | 28 | / |
| Eteikwu | 62 | 6 | / |
| Othekwu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Oteikkwu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Attaikwu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Etikwu | 50 | 234 | / |
| Otakwu | 50 | 189 | / |
| Otigbu | 50 | 144 | / |
| Otikwu | 50 | 138 | / |
| Etokwu | 50 | 45 | / |
| Etakwu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Ategwu
- 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