Egans Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Egans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2111:1,717,815113,709
Honduras41:2,204,1106,397
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:1,357,26274,323

Egans (14) may also be a first name.

Egans Last Name Facts

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

The surname Egans (Marathi: अॅगन्स, Russian: Эганс) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Egans? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,098,270th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Egans live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America. Egans is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 14 people.

The last name Egans is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 211 people, or 1 in 1,717,815. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 29 percent live, Texas, where 27 percent live and Louisiana, where 17 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Honduras, where 2 percent live and Ireland, where 1 percent live.

Egans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Egans has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Egans last name expanded 570 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Egans Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Egans surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.14% being registered with the political party.

Egans earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.7% more than the national average, earning $44,316 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eagans91151/
Aegans911/
Hegans911/
Gegans910/
Ehgans910/
Eggans910/
Heggans8327/
Geigans830/
Jengans830/
Heegans830/
Agans80627/
Ogans80182/
Igans807/
Egons805/
Eganz801/
Heaggans77261/
Geggains776/
Heiggans770/
Hagans734,008/
Hogans731,563/
Higans735/
Aggans734/
Agaans734/
Jigans732/
Igauns732/
Ingans732/
Eggons731/
Gigans731/
Heaggeans712/
Haggans67359/
Higgans67138/
Hagains6796/
Hoggans6776/
Hogains6742/
Haganæs6731/
Giggans6731/
Higanse6714/
Jiggans672/
Hogahns671/
Hoganns671/
Gengons671/
Aggains671/
Higains670/
Hoghans670/
Genganz670/
Haygans670/
Heggons670/
Heagons670/
Jeggons670/
Highans670/
Huygans670/

Egans Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Egans in the Marathi language
अॅगन्सaegansa-
Egans in the Russian language
Эгансegans-

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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 Egans
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