Egars Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Northern Ireland
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Egars Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egars Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
England41:13,929,515290,718
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Egars Last Name Facts

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

The surname Egars occurs in Northern Ireland more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Egars? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,391,485th most numerous surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 85 percent of Egars are found; 85 percent are found in Northern Europe and 85 percent are found in British Isles.

Egars is most widespread in Northern Ireland, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 369,007. In Northern Ireland it is most common in: Ulster, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Northern Ireland this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 31 percent reside and Ireland, where 15 percent reside.

Egars Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Egars has changed over time. In Ireland the share of the population with the surname decreased 50 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Egars Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eggars9151/
Egarsh913/
Hegars911/
Eagars911/
Engarås8341/
Heggars835/
Jesgars833/
Eggarse833/
Hoegars832/
Eggaers831/
Agars80465/
Egers80354/
Igars803/
Ogars801/
Egors801/
Jesgarsz777/
Geiggars775/
Hoegaers771/
Eggers7332,022/
Eagers73381/
Hegers73135/
Aigars7379/
Ingars736/
Egerås735/
Jegors734/
Gigars731/
Engors731/
Eigers731/
Igarse731/
Egarje731/
Eghers730/
Eagors730/
Eugers730/
Hagars730/
Eggors730/
Jesgarsch7115/
Heggers67102/
Heigers6789/
Eggerss6762/
Heegers6720/
Eghorst676/
Haggars676/
Gingars674/
Esgarze673/
Eggersh672/
Eygorst671/
Haegers671/
Heygers671/
Eighers671/
Jingars671/
Aigarsh671/
Eeggers670/

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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 Egars
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