Echegu Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Echegu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 54 | 1:722,950 | 35,796 |
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Echegu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Echegu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Echegu is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Echegu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,727,723rd most numerous family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Echegu reside; 48 percent reside in East Africa and 47 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 722,950. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Soroti District, where 76 percent are found, Serere District, where 13 percent are found and Amuria District, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 34 percent are found and France, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echegut | 92 | 256 | / |
| Echengu | 92 | 187 | / |
| Echiegu | 92 | 99 | / |
| Echeagu | 92 | 8 | / |
| Ecegu | 91 | 109 | / |
| Etchegou | 86 | 9 | / |
| Etchegut | 86 | 1 | / |
| Achegu | 83 | 57 | / |
| Echagu | 83 | 10 | / |
| Ochegu | 83 | 10 | / |
| Ichegu | 83 | 7 | / |
| Echogu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Echigu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Eshegu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ocheghu | 77 | 7 | / |
| Ocheagu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ochiegu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Echegoo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ichegou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Echiogu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ejegu | 73 | 4,363 | / |
| Esegu | 73 | 297 | / |
| Icegu | 73 | 26 | / |
| Ezegu | 73 | 24 | / |
| Egegu | 73 | 22 | / |
| Ekegu | 73 | 13 | / |
| Itchegou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Eschiogu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ezeagu | 67 | 9,227 | / |
| Ochogu | 67 | 482 | / |
| Ochagu | 67 | 342 | / |
| Eseagu | 67 | 265 | / |
| Ejeagu | 67 | 111 | / |
| Ezeugu | 67 | 89 | / |
| Ekeagu | 67 | 75 | / |
| Ezeghu | 67 | 17 | / |
| Achagu | 67 | 14 | / |
| Aitchegou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ochigu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ezehgu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Achigu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ezegau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aîtchegou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Achogu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ezegou | 67 | 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 Echegu
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