Egem Surname
Approximately 675 people bear this surname
Egem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 502 | 1:352,874 | 19,032 |
| Cameroon | 94 | 1:220,948 | 22,265 |
| Uganda | 45 | 1:867,540 | 39,905 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Egem (173) may also be a first name.
Egem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Egem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Egem (Russian: Егем) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Egem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 490,615th most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 10,796,364 people. The last name Egem is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Egem are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 74 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Egem is also the 694,534th most prevalent given name worldwide. It is borne by 173 people.
The last name Egem is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 502 people, or 1 in 352,874. In Nigeria Egem is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 69 percent live, Enugu, where 10 percent live and Rivers, where 7 percent live. Other than Nigeria Egem exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 14 percent live and Uganda, where 7 percent live.
Egem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Egem has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Egem last name contracted 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Egem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Egem in the Russian language | ||
| Егем | egem | - |
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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
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- 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 Egem
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