Egewe Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Egewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
Egewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Egewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Egewe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻮ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Egewe.
How Common Is The Last Name Egewe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Egewe is the 3,882,373rd most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Egewe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Egewe live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Egewe is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 71 percent reside, Ondo, where 24 percent reside and Lagos, where 5 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eguewe | 91 | 10 | / |
| Egew | 89 | 8 | / |
| Gegewei | 83 | 1 | / |
| Eguewej | 83 | 1 | / |
| Egebe | 80 | 352 | / |
| Esewe | 80 | 77 | / |
| Ejewe | 80 | 65 | / |
| Egawe | 80 | 41 | / |
| Egiwe | 80 | 20 | / |
| Igewe | 80 | 19 | / |
| Egowe | 80 | 10 | / |
| Ogewe | 80 | 8 | / |
| Agewe | 80 | 7 | / |
| Egewa | 80 | 7 | / |
| Egeve | 80 | 5 | / |
| Egeue | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ezewe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Edgew | 80 | 0 | / |
| Eggew | 80 | 0 | / |
| Egueweij | 77 | 2 | / |
| Igiewe | 73 | 519 | / |
| Ogiewe | 73 | 31 | / |
| Igeweh | 73 | 24 | / |
| Hejewe | 73 | 24 | / |
| Hezewe | 73 | 21 | / |
| Hegebe | 73 | 12 | / |
| Hegawe | 73 | 10 | / |
| Oghewe | 73 | 10 | / |
| Eseiwe | 73 | 9 | / |
| Ezeiwe | 73 | 9 | / |
| Engewi | 73 | 8 | / |
| Egawey | 73 | 8 | / |
| Ageewe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Eugiwe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Eugeue | 73 | 2 | / |
| Eguiwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ejewed | 73 | 2 | / |
| Eguewj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Esewie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Esewhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ezeuwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Egoiwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekgiwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ejeweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ighewe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Engeve | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ogewey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Edgebe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Igewei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oigewe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ejewer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Egoywe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Egewyi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ageweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Egever | 73 | 0 | / |
| Igew | 67 | 58 | / |
| Edgeway | 67 | 36 | / |
| Hogewey | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ogiewue | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ejew | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ezewuhe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eigebee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ezew | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ezeijwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aggewei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogiewie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igiewie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Isehewe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ageewue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Edgeybe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jgew | 67 | 1 | / |
Egewe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Egewe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻮ | akw | 50 |
| ﺍﻛﻮﻩ | akwh | 50 |
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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 Egewe
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