Egedu Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Egedu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egedu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda421:929,50741,540
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603

Egedu Last Name Facts

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

Egedu is most common in Uganda. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Egedu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,909,720th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Egedu reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 929,507. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Soroti District, where 55 percent are found, Kaberamaido District, where 21 percent are found and Serere District, where 19 percent are found. Other than Uganda Egedu occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Egedus9145/
Gegedu9135/
Engedu9115/
Jegedu911/
Egeduš911/
Hegedus835,933/
Hegeduš83416/
Jegedeu835/
Gengedu835/
Hegeduş834/
Hegeduș832/
Hegedui832/
Eghiedu831/
Egadu801,209/
Igedu80279/
Egodu80115/
Esedu8087/
Ogedu8067/
Ecedu8038/
Ezedu8020/
Egidu8016/
Agedu804/
Ejedu803/
Hegeduis7754/
Hegheduş7735/
Heguedus7714/
Hegheduș775/
Heggedus773/
Hegedeus773/
Hegeduss772/
Hedgedus772/
Hegedush771/
Hegeddus771/
Hegedusz771/
Hegeduch771/
Hedgeduš771/
Engidu731,810/
Ezeudu731,255/
Ezeadu7385/
Echedu7324/
Egaddu736/
Ingedu736/
Ejeidu734/
Ogiedu734/
Egedoe734/
Esiedu733/
Eziedu733/
Ezeidu732/
Esedau732/
Ighedu731/
Ezeduu731/
Egaadu731/
Igedus731/
Ejehdu731/
Ezedud731/
Eggidu731/
Eseudu731/
Hegedusch7119/
Hegueduch7113/
Hegedeusz711/
Heguedush711/
Heguedusch67121/
Yisgedu6716/
Hegidus6712/
Echedou6711/
Eguidou678/
Hegedúš678/
Echiedu676/
Ingedou675/
Hégedus672/
Egideus671/
Hegedůš671/
Heghedusch671/
Eseidou671/
Ejedoud671/
Yigaedu671/
Ijehedu671/

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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 Egedu
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