Egenu Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Egenu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egenu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria661:2,683,98186,518
Uganda361:1,084,42445,587
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Egenu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Egenu is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Egenu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Egenu is the 1,817,111th most widely held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Egenu live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 2,683,981. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 48 percent reside, Rivers, where 21 percent reside and Lagos, where 15 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Egenu occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 35 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Egenou911/
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Yengenu8334/
Gengenu8317/
Eguenou831/
Yegenou831/
Egonu801,464/
Agenu80758/
Esenu80296/
Ezenu8071/
Eganu8052/
Igenu8021/
Ogenu8020/
Ejenu8013/
Eginu801/
Yeguenou771/
Eginus73143/
Ezeanu7387/
Aghenu7345/
Ezengu7335/
Agenui7331/
Ingenu7329/
Eggonu7328/
Echenu7320/
Ejeanu7316/
Hesenu7315/
Eseanu7315/
Egingu7314/
Agaenu737/
Agenhu736/
Gezenu736/
Ezeunu734/
Igenus734/
Esienu733/
Ezienu731/
Eegonu731/
Agenuy731/
Ezenou731/
Jheenu731/
Eganou731/
Ejenau731/
Gigenu731/
Agenuh731/
Eseinu731/
Eigenhuis71311/
Eggenhaus7135/
Eggenhuis7110/
Ehaighenu711/
Hagenau67556/
Ieseanu67240/
Echengu67187/
Esginus67103/
Hygenus6740/
Echemnu6719/
Aghaenu6718/
Aghenau679/
Heginuz676/
Esenhut674/
Higenus673/
Gezenou672/
Igienus671/
Ezenous671/
Eisenut671/
Echeinu671/
Echeneu671/
Echenou671/
Ijeginu671/
Aggenau671/
Aghenui671/
Edjenou671/

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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 Egenu
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