Egekwu Surname

924,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 286 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Egekwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egekwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2631:673,54731,367
United States141:25,889,924709,614
England81:6,964,757184,742
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Egekwu Last Name Facts

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

Egekwu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Egekwu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 924,083rd most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 25,480,930 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Egekwu live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 263 people, or 1 in 673,547. In Nigeria Egekwu is mostly found in: Abia, where 36 percent live, Lagos, where 19 percent live and Enugu, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Egekwu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Egekwu last name are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.33% registered with the political party.

Egekwu earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Egikwu831/
Egokwu831/
Ezeukwu771,447/
Eziekwu77238/
Ezeikwu7723/
Igoekwu775/
Ejekkwu775/
Ezeakwu771/
Ejekweu771/
Ejeakwu771/
Eejekwu771/
Ezegkwu771/
Esiekwu771/
Eejekwuy711/
Ezeukwui711/
Ogakwu67638/
Ezegwu67612/
Agakwu67152/
Ijegwu6786/
Agegwu6730/
Ejegwu6727/
Ezikwu6726/
Igegwu6710/
Igakwu6710/
Izekwu6710/
Ejigwu675/
Izegwu675/
Ogokwu675/
Ogegwu672/
Igikwu672/
Agokwu671/
Egegbu671/
Ezigwu671/
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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 Egekwu
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis