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
The surname Egahi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺎﻫﻲ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Egahi? popularity and diffusion
Egahi is the 577,768th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 13,396,224 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Egahi reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Egahi is also the 720,105th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 162 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 531 people, or 1 in 333,602. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 67 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 9 percent are found and Bauchi, where 6 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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
- 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 Egahi
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