Egechi Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Egechi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Egechi (10) may also be a first name.
Egechi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Egechi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Egechi is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Egechi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Egechi is the 2,555,468th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Egechi reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Egechi is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name at a global level, held by 10 people.
The last name Egechi is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 3,163,264. In Nigeria it is most common in: Abia, where 38 percent are found, Lagos, where 30 percent are found and Oyo, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Egechi
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