Egahi Surname
Approximately 544 people bear this surname
Egahi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 531 | 1:333,602 | 18,198 |
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Egahi (162) may also be a first name.
Egahi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Egahi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Egahi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺎﻫﻲ) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Egahi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 577,768th most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,396,224 people. The last name Egahi is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Egahi are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Egahi is also the 720,105th most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 162 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 531 people, or 1 in 333,602. In Nigeria Egahi is most numerous in: Benue, where 67 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 9 percent live and Bauchi, where 6 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eghahi | 91 | 6 | / |
| Agahi | 80 | 572 | / |
| Ogahi | 80 | 390 | / |
| Egahe | 80 | 5 | / |
| Igahi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Egehi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eshghahi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Oghahi | 73 | 40 | / |
| Agaehi | 73 | 27 | / |
| Eghahe | 73 | 10 | / |
| Oggahi | 73 | 8 | / |
| Aghahi | 73 | 7 | / |
| Agahui | 73 | 4 | / |
| Higahi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Aagahi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Engaui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ogauhi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Egaiji | 73 | 1 | / |
| Agajhi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gigahi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Egoaid | 73 | 1 | / |
| Egei | 67 | 296 | / |
| Haghahi | 67 | 125 | / |
| Egae | 67 | 14 | / |
| Eghojie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egheiye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aghajhi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahagahi | 67 | 1 | / |
Egahi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Egahi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﺎﻫﻲ | akahy | 87.5 |
| ﺃﻛﺎﻫﻰ | akahy | 12.5 |
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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
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- 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 Egahi
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