Egbukwu Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Egbukwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 141 | 1:1,256,332 | 50,205 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Egbukwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Egbukwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Egbukwu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Egbukwu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,453,389th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Egbukwu live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Egbukwu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 141 people, or 1 in 1,256,332. In Nigeria Egbukwu is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 24 percent live, Abia, where 20 percent live and Rivers, where 18 percent live. Barring Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egbeukwu | 93 | 4 | / |
| Egboukwu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ogbukwu | 86 | 114 | / |
| Igbukwu | 86 | 103 | / |
| Egbokwu | 86 | 84 | / |
| Egbugwu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ogbuikwu | 80 | 24 | / |
| Igboukwu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ogboukwu | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ogbuekwu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Igbuikwu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Igbokwu | 71 | 217 | / |
| Agbugwu | 71 | 7 | / |
| Egbogwu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ogbugwu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Egbugbu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Igboekwu | 67 | 417 | / |
| Agbougwu | 67 | 30 | / |
| Ogbuegwu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Eygbogwu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Igbokwuu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eigbogwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egboegwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egbeugbu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igbokwuha | 63 | 1 | / |
| Igbogwu | 57 | 42 | / |
| Igbugbu | 57 | 13 | / |
| Igboegwu | 53 | 240 | / |
| Aigbogwu | 53 | 9 | / |
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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 Egbukwu
- 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