Egadwa Surname

942,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 278 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Egadwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Egadwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2771:166,71412,857
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Egadwa Demographics

Egadwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 5 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Egadwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Egadwa occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Egadwa? popularity and diffusion

Egadwa is the 942,947th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 26,214,194 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Egadwa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 54 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Egadwa is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 166,714. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Nairobi County, where 29 percent reside, Vihiga County, where 29 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya it occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 0 percent reside.

Egadwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Egadwa last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Igadwa83493/
Agadwa831/
Ogadwa831/
Egadua831/
Ingadwa771/
Igadwah771/
Egatway771/
Aghahdwa715/
Inggadwa711/
Egasdhwe711/
Ogadua6711/
Agadua677/
Egadue671/
Agodwa671/
Igadua671/
Eigatua621/
Hagatwa621/
Agatua503/
Egodua501/
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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 Egadwa
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