Egerue Surname

837,371st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 329 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Egerue Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egerue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3141:564,14927,398
England91:6,190,895170,599
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Egerue Last Name Facts

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

Egerue is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Egerue? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 837,371st most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,150,595 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Egerue live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 314 people, or 1 in 564,149. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 28 percent live, Rivers, where 24 percent live and Delta, where 15 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Egerue is found in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent live and Belarus, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Egerau8319/
Egerou836/
Ezerue834/
Egeroe831/
Egerbe831/
Egerie831/
Egerhei7738/
Agherue7721/
Echerue7710/
Egerouh778/
Eugerie771/
Eugerea771/
Egherie771/
Egerejo771/
Hegerie771/
Eguereyi711/
Heguerey711/
Edgerbey710/
Igerau6715/
Eserve6714/
Egirau678/
Ygerey675/
Ezerbe675/
Esguerrea672/
Egreve672/
Agorue671/
Igerei671/
Agerve671/
Agerwe671/
Eggerhead671/
Egerva671/

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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 Egerue
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