Egolum Surname

1,011,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 251 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Egolum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egolum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1981:894,66038,889
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Jamaica141:204,9965,998
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
England21:27,859,030389,889
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

Egolum Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Egolum Come From? nationality or country of origin

Egolum is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Egolum? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,011,991st most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Egolum live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 198 people, or 1 in 894,660. In Nigeria Egolum is primarily found in: Lagos, where 24 percent are found, Enugu, where 22 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 13 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Egolum is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Jamaica, where 6 percent are found.

Egolum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Egolum last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Egolum earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 85.04% more than the national average, earning R 439,728 per year and in United States they earn 65.35% more than the national average, earning $71,347 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Agolum8317/
Igolum833/
Egolun833/
Agolaum771/
Igulum671/
Egalun671/
Agalum671/
Ingulum6224/
Igaulum623/
Igholom621/
Aghalum621/
Agheloum57189/
Aghaloum575/
Agalloum571/
Ighaloum571/
Egalon50123/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Egolum
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis