Egama Surname
Approximately 457 people bear this surname
Egama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 403 | 1:251,211 | 37,527 |
| Uganda | 42 | 1:929,507 | 41,540 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Egama (43) may also be a first name.
Egama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Egama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Egama (Hindi: ेगामा) has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Egama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 658,434th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,946,490 people. The last name Egama is predominantly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Egama live; 88 percent live in Southeast Asia and 88 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Egama is also the 1,545,828th most commonly held forename on earth, borne by 43 people.
The surname Egama is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 403 people, or 1 in 251,211. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Northern Mindanao, where 66 percent live, Central Visayas, where 12 percent live and National Capital Region, where 6 percent live. Excluding The Philippines this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 9 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Egama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Egama in the Hindi language | ||
| ेगामा | egama | - |
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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 Egama
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