Eggessa Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Eggessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Eggessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eggessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Eggessa occurs most in Uganda. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Eggessa? popularity and diffusion
Eggessa is the 5,057,639th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Eggessa live; 87 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 3,003,021. In Uganda Eggessa is most frequent in: Busia District, where 77 percent live, Mubende District, where 8 percent live and Namayingo District, where 8 percent live. Apart from Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Eggessa
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