Egbebu Surname

775,315th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 366 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Egbebu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egbebu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3611:490,70024,586
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Egbebu (23) may also be a first name.

Egbebu Last Name Facts

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

Egbebu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Egbebu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Egbebu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 775,315th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 19,911,328 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Egbebu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Egbebu is also the 2,239,265th most frequent first name globally, borne by 23 people.

The surname Egbebu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 361 people, or 1 in 490,700. In Nigeria Egbebu is most common in: Abia, where 24 percent live, Plateau, where 23 percent live and Rivers, where 8 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Egbebu exists in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and Ghana, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Egbebuh925/
Eegbebu921/
Agbebu8319/
Ogbebu8310/
Egbabu837/
Egbevu834/
Egbobu831/
Igbebu831/
Aheegbebu801/
Ogbeibu77147/
Agbaebu779/
Igbeabu771/
Egbevou771/
Ikgbebu771/
Egbeiwu771/
Ogbiebu771/
Egbeawu771/
Agbeabu771/
Agbobu67420/
Agbabu6783/
Igbobu6738/
Ogbobu6738/
Ogbabu676/
Igbabu672/
Egwewu672/
Ekwebu671/
Iguebu671/
Igbewu671/
Egbiwu671/
Igwebu671/

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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 Egbebu
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