Eghem Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Eghem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 73 | 1:284,508 | 26,965 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Eghem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eghem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Eghem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻏﻢ) occurs most in Cameroon. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eghem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,185,341st most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name Eghem occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Eghem live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Eghem is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 284,508. In Cameroon Eghem is most common in: Northwest Region, where 79 percent live and Southwest Region, where 21 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eeghem | 91 | 6 | / |
| Heghem | 91 | 4 | / |
| Egheim | 91 | 3 | / |
| Egem | 89 | 675 | / |
| Engheim | 83 | 13 | / |
| Hegheim | 83 | 12 | / |
| Engehem | 83 | 1 | / |
| Egeme | 80 | 297 | / |
| Engem | 80 | 57 | / |
| Eguem | 80 | 41 | / |
| Eggem | 80 | 30 | / |
| Hegem | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ighem | 80 | 4 | / |
| Eghim | 80 | 2 | / |
| Eugem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gegem | 80 | 0 | / |
| Egiem | 80 | 0 | / |
| Heggheim | 77 | 346 | / |
| Heggem | 73 | 1,143 | / |
| Enggem | 73 | 55 | / |
| Inghem | 73 | 26 | / |
| Jighem | 73 | 8 | / |
| Hegeme | 73 | 5 | / |
| Egueme | 73 | 3 | / |
| Engiem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aighem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Igheem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Esguem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Highem | 73 | 0 | / |
| Egim | 67 | 754 | / |
| Egemova | 67 | 71 | / |
| Egemová | 67 | 16 | / |
| Igem | 67 | 11 | / |
| Jinghem | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ingheim | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jgem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egjm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ygem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Echgeme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ingheam | 67 | 0 | / |
Eghem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eghem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻏﻢ | aghm | - |
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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 Eghem
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