Echegwo Surname
Approximately 231 people bear this surname
Echegwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 225 | 1:787,301 | 35,295 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Echegwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Echegwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Echegwo is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Echegwo? popularity and diffusion
Echegwo is the 1,073,555th most widely held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 31,547,818 people. Echegwo occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Echegwo live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 225 people, or 1 in 787,301. In Nigeria Echegwo is primarily concentrated in: Enugu, where 32 percent reside, Abia, where 19 percent reside and Lagos, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echigwo | 86 | 23 | / |
| Echegwa | 86 | 5 | / |
| Echogwo | 86 | 2 | / |
| Echekwo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Echegbo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Echekwuo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Echegbuo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Eshengwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Echeigbo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ezegwo | 77 | 35 | / |
| Ekegwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ichegbo | 71 | 103 | / |
| Echigwa | 71 | 11 | / |
| Echekwa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Ezeugwo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ochogwo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ichegwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ezeagwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ichigwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Echegba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Achegwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Echigbo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ejeghwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ochigwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Echingwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ocheikwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ochoekwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ichegbuo | 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 Echegwo
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