Egeolu Surname

638,206th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 477 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Egeolu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egeolu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4431:399,87121,013
United States181:20,136,607622,629
England71:7,959,723202,100
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432

Egeolu (20) may also be a first name.

Egeolu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Egeolu is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Egeolu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 638,206th most widespread family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 15,277,874 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Egeolu reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Egeolu is also the 2,446,817th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 20 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 443 people, or 1 in 399,871. In Nigeria Egeolu is primarily found in: Lagos, where 22 percent live, Abia, where 20 percent live and Rivers, where 16 percent live. Not including Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Egeolu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Egeolu surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered with the political party.

The amount Egeolu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 30.92% less than the national average, earning R 164,172 per year and in United States they earn 38.8% more than the national average, earning $59,889 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gegeoğlu861/
Ezeolu8363/
Ejeolu839/
Eceoğlu77245/
Eseoğlu77166/
Egejulu776/
Eejjolu773/
Öngeoğlu7138/
Heceoğlu7119/
Egojiolu714/
Ijeolu6720/
Ezealu6712/
Izeolu6711/
Iseolu679/
Ejiolu675/
Ezealiu621/
Ayngealu571/
Engjullu571/
Ijiolu501/
Ejjalu501/

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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 Egeolu
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