Egbunu Surname

55,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,075 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Egbunu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egbunu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria9,0661:19,5391,801
England41:13,929,515290,718
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Egbunu (2,059) may also be a first name.

Egbunu Last Name Facts

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

Egbunu is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Egbunu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 55,934th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 803,035 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Egbunu reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Egbunu is also the 166,182nd most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 2,059 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 9,066 people, or 1 in 19,539. In Nigeria Egbunu is primarily found in: Kogi, where 76 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent live and Lagos, where 2 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and Ghana, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Egbunnu9246/
Egbounu9218/
Egbeunu926/
Egbaunu924/
Egbuinu922/
Egbunou922/
Egbuynu921/
Eagbunu921/
Engbunu921/
Egbunut921/
Egbuenu921/
Egbungu921/
Oegbunu921/
Egbunuha861/
Igbunu83310/
Egbonu83207/
Agbunu83139/
Egwunu8394/
Ogbunu8312/
Igbungu7721/
Aigbunu779/
Egboonu777/
Eguonnu773/
Agbaunu773/
Egweunu772/
Igbaunu771/
Igbonu6768/
Egwonu6728/
Aigbonu621/
Ekwounu621/
Ekwungu621/
Ekwonu50239/
Igwonu5010/
Ikwunu504/

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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 Egbunu
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