Egaña Surname

99,831st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,737 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chile
Highest density in:
Chile

Egaña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egaña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chile1,8171:9,695867
Spain1,8091:25,8442,696
Philippines6581:153,85725,550
Argentina1541:277,55522,327
Venezuela1311:230,5655,911
Uruguay1011:33,9783,937
Mexico391:3,182,72323,538
France91:7,380,302306,885
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

The alternate forms: Egana (3,050) are calculated separately.

Egaña Last Name Facts

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

The last name Egaña (Georgian: ეგანა, Hindi: ऐगना, Oriya: ଏଗାନା) is found most in Chile. It can be found in the variant forms: Egana. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Egaña? popularity and diffusion

The last name Egaña is the 99,831st most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,538,431 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 47 percent of Egaña live; 47 percent live in South America and 44 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

Egaña is most widespread in Chile, where it is borne by 1,817 people, or 1 in 9,695. In Chile it is mostly found in: Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 35 percent are found, Coquimbo Region, where 27 percent are found and Antofagasta Region, where 11 percent are found. Not including Chile this surname is found in 18 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 38 percent are found and The Philippines, where 14 percent are found.

Egaña Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Egaña has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Egaña last name fell 70 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Egana933,050/
Egañia911/
Eagaña911/
Ygaña80493/
Ogaña80365/
Igaña80210/
Egaan8052/
Egañe8027/
Egoña8014/
Eguña802/
Agaña802/
Ugaña801/
Ecaña801/
Egania73242/
Eguana73183/
Egawan7358/
Eganya7329/
Eghana7317/
Eggana7313/
Egayan7310/
Yegana739/
Ega-An738/
Egaina733/
Egwana732/
Eganao731/
Eganai731/
Eguiña731/
Eacuña731/
Ygañia731/
Igañia731/
Eganwa731/
Eganna731/
Egan6770,492/
Eiguana67107/
Yegayan6791/
Egayani6762/
Eganiae6762/
Egwanea6727/
Egganna6726/
Yeggana676/
Egunaya676/
Egayana675/
Eyguana672/
Yegwana672/
Egawnao671/
Egawian671/
Eugania671/
Aiegana671/
Eoganah671/
Egwuana671/
Eganaeo671/
Egwanwa671/
Eguiana671/
Yeganah671/
Eugano551/
Euganeo5018/
Euganio501/

Egaña Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Egaña in the Georgian language
ეგანაegana-
Egaña in the Oriya language
ଏଗାନାegana62.5
ଇଗାନିigani12.5
ଏଗନାegana12.5
ଇାନାiana12.5
Egaña in the Hindi language
ऐगनाaigana50
ऐगानाaigana25
ेगनाegana25

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Egaña Reference & Research

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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 Egaña
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