Egesa Surname

45,475th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,409 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Uganda

Egesa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egesa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya5,7681:8,0061,053
Uganda5,5631:7,0181,223
India551:13,946,643236,652
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
England51:11,143,612252,590
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
France11:66,422,722504,397
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Egesa (1,205) may also be a first name.

Egesa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Egesa (Hindi: ेगेश) occurs most in Kenya. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Egesa.

How Common Is The Last Name Egesa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 45,475th most widespread family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 638,754 people. The last name Egesa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Egesa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Egesa is also the 228,168th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 1,205 people.

Egesa is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 5,768 people, or 1 in 8,006. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Busia County, where 59 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 14 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 11 percent are found. Besides Kenya this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 49 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

Egesa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Egesa last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Egessa915,233/
Eggesa9174/
Engesa9171/
Egesia9168/
Gegesa9119/
Egeesa9114/
Egaesa915/
Egesah913/
Egesha912/
Eguesa911/
Engesha83132/
Eguessa8328/
Eggessa8315/
Egessah838/
Eghesia831/
Hengesa831/
Yengesa831/
Gegesha831/
Engessa831/
Eguetsa831/
Eggesah831/
Agesa802,861/
Ogesa80649/
Esesa8080/
Igesa8065/
Egasa8043/
Ejesa8029/
Egisa8015/
Egeza8011/
Ecesa805/
Egese805/
Egosa803/
Egeja801/
Egueissa773/
Yengesai772/
Hengesha771/
Engehesa771/
Ehiguesa771/
Echesa731,832/
Eghosa731,065/
Egesie73316/
Engese73195/
Igesca73107/
Egesoy7381/
Edjesa7353/
Egecha7345/
Ogessa7335/
Gigesa7333/
Agessa7329/
Ehgosa7311/
Hegesi7310/
Agesay7310/
Egeshi739/
Eggesi738/
Ejeasa738/
Ezeisa737/
Igesia736/
Egosai735/
Egassa735/
Egueja735/
Ingesa735/
Agesha734/
Engeso733/
Egesei733/
Gegese733/
Eagasa733/
Ygesca732/
Ejjesa731/
Egisay731/
Egesho731/
Egesih731/
Ogesha731/
Eghesi731/
Igaesa731/
Igesha731/
Yogesa731/
Gegesy731/
Gegisa731/
Engisa731/
Ageesa731/
Agesai731/
Hagesa731/
Jigesa731/
Eghasa731/
Eghese731/
Egesio731/
Egesse731/
Eguesi731/
Gezisa731/
Gegeso731/
Gegeza731/
Jgesca731/
Igessa731/
Heggesead711/
Echessa67225/
Yogesha6740/
Yengisa6734/
Ezeasia6723/
Igiesca6723/
Hyegisa6716/
Gengeso6716/
Engesse6715/
Eguesse6712/
Egaissa678/
Gegesie677/
Ageyssa675/
Egeshie674/
Igiesia672/
Echesah672/
Hesegea671/
Jigesha671/
Aigesha671/
Yeghisa671/
Eangesi671/
Hyigesa671/
Jegezai671/
Heghesi671/
Yogesay671/
Engesho671/
Eigueja671/
Egesser671/
Eguysha671/
Ezhesia671/
Ageessa671/
Ingesha671/
Hengisa671/
Ehguese671/
Edjesah671/
Edjessa671/
Eegesie671/
Ygiesca671/

Egesa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Egesa in the Hindi language
ेगेशegesa-

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Egesa
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