Egaw Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Egaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger101:1,919,20237,248
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Egaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Egaw has its highest incidence in Niger. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Egaw? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,957,383rd most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Egaw occurs mostly in Africa, where 40 percent of Egaw are found; 40 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Chadic Africa.

Egaw is most frequent in Niger, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 1,919,202. In Niger Egaw is mostly found in: Agadez Region, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Niger Egaw exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 36 percent are found and The United States, where 16 percent are found.

Egaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Egaw has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Egaw surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Egawe8941/
Hegaw891/
E'Gaw891/
Eagaw890/
Hegawe8010/
Ehghaw802/
Agaw75258/
Ogaw7557/
Igaw7521/
Egab7515/
Egaf7511/
Egav755/
Jgaw751/
Egow751/
Hegab6723,523/
Egova6772/
Igawe6755/
Egowa6721/
Aghaw6719/
Egowe6710/
Eghaf676/
Hogaw672/
Egafe672/
Hagaw672/
Agauw671/
Hegav671/
Eagav671/
Egaaf671/
Egaff671/
Jigaw671/
Eigab671/
Igawp671/
Engaf671/
Egovw671/

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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
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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 Egaw
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