Egene Surname
Approximately 2,438 people bear this surname
Egene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,350 | 1:75,380 | 5,403 |
| Haiti | 47 | 1:227,317 | 8,615 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Egene (2,133) may also be a first name.
Egene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Egene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Egene (Arabic: اجيني, Georgian: ეგენე) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Egene? popularity and diffusion
It is the 175,670th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,989,149 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Egene live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 162,648th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 2,133 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,350 people, or 1 in 75,380. In Nigeria Egene is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 66 percent are found, Kaduna, where 4 percent are found and Lagos, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Haiti, where 2 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Egene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Egene in the Georgian language | ||
| ეგენე | egene | - |
| Egene in the Arabic language | ||
| اجيني | ajyny | - |
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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 Egene
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