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

Egesa (Hindi: ेगेश) is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Egesa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 45,475th most common family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 638,754 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Egesa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 65 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Egesa is also the 228,168th most common forename internationally, borne by 1,205 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 5,768 people, or 1 in 8,006. In Kenya it is most common in: Busia County, where 59 percent live, Kakamega County, where 14 percent live and Nairobi County, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 49 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

Egesa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Egesa surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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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