Egatu Surname
Approximately 268 people bear this surname
Egatu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 193 | 1:202,276 | 16,174 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
Egatu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Egatu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Egatu is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Egatu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 968,490th most common surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 27,192,336 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Egatu live; 72 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Egatu is most widespread in Uganda, where it is borne by 193 people, or 1 in 202,276. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Kaberamaido District, where 54 percent live, Soroti District, where 31 percent live and Amuria District, where 4 percent live. Other than Uganda this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 28 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engatu | 91 | 43 | / |
| Egatou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Egetu | 80 | 301 | / |
| Agatu | 80 | 177 | / |
| Egotu | 80 | 29 | / |
| Igatu | 80 | 19 | / |
| Ogatu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Heggattu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ogattu | 73 | 36 | / |
| Agahtu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Agatau | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ingatu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Agathu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Igatus | 73 | 2 | / |
| Aghatu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ogaitu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Agaatu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gigatu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hagatu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Igateu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eghotu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hogatau | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hengotu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Agattau | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gaigatu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Juigatu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Egatu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis