Eghen Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Eghen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Eghen (16) may also be a first name.
Eghen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eghen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eghen is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Eghen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eghen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,034,059th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Eghen reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Eghen is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 16 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 2,134,250. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 58 percent live, Edo, where 27 percent live and Oyo, where 10 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 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 Eghen
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