Egdes Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Egdes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egdes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Egdes Last Name Facts

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

Egdes is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Egdes.

How Common Is The Last Name Egdes? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,206,983rd most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. Egdes occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Egdes reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Egdes is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 2,708,885. In South Africa Egdes is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 65 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 35 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa Egdes is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent live.

Egdes Last Name Statistics demography

Egdes earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 238.74% more than the national average, earning R 804,972 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hegdes913/
Egde89105/
Hengdes831/
Jegdesh831/
Hegde8022,875/
Igdes80119/
Engde8077/
Eagde804/
Egdee801/
Egdei801/
Egdge801/
Egder801/
Eigde801/
Egdea801/
Hengde7345/
Hogdes7319/
Egdish7318/
Eigede7313/
Egdysz736/
Hegder735/
Eigder734/
Heegde734/
Hegdhe734/
Heggde734/
Agdeus733/
Eangde732/
Geegde732/
Egdech731/
Hegdee731/
Hagdes731/
Egddie731/
Agdesh731/
Igde6770/
Ekde6731/
Egdi6729/
Hengdee677/
Hekdies676/
Jegdish676/
Egdy675/
Engdhey675/
Jeegede673/
Eghdech673/
Ecde672/
Heangde672/
Hegdish671/
Egdj671/
Eqde671/
Egda671/
Heigder671/
Eigduis670/

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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 Egdes
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