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) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Egene? popularity and diffusion
The last name Egene is the 175,670th most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,989,149 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Egene reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Egene is also the 162,648th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 2,133 people.
Egene is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,350 people, or 1 in 75,380. In Nigeria Egene is primarily found in: Kogi, where 66 percent reside, Kaduna, where 4 percent reside and Lagos, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Haiti, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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
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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 Egene
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