Egegu Surname

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

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Uganda

Egegu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egegu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710

Egegu (1,388) may also be a first name.

Egegu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Egegu is found in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Egegu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,206,983rd most common surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Egegu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Egegu live; 68 percent live in East Africa and 41 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Egegu is also the 210,043rd most numerous first name globally, borne by 1,388 people.

It is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 10,838,474. Not including Ethiopia it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 32 percent live and Uganda, where 27 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ejegu804,363/
Egigu801,776/
Esegu80297/
Ogegu80240/
Ecegu80109/
Ezegu8024/
Igegu8011/
Egagu802/
Ygegu801/
Agegu801/
Egogu801/
Ezeagu739,227/
Eseagu73265/
Echegu73112/
Ejeagu73111/
Ezeugu7389/
Agiegu734/
Eggigu734/
Ezehgu732/
Iggegu731/
Eagigu731/
Eghagu731/
Igeggu731/
Ogaegu731/
Ogoegu731/
Echegut67256/
Echengu67187/
Echiegu6799/
Echeagu678/
Ezeuguu672/
Ezeangu671/
Egigehu671/

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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 Egegu
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