Egong Surname
Approximately 1,129 people bear this surname
Egong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 722 | 1:245,350 | 14,198 |
| Uganda | 220 | 1:177,451 | 14,870 |
| Philippines | 74 | 1:1,368,084 | 100,385 |
| Indonesia | 52 | 1:2,543,254 | 149,807 |
| Malaysia | 36 | 1:819,284 | 37,745 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Egong (281) may also be a first name.
Egong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Egong Come From? nationality or country of origin
Egong occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Egong? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 328,558th most widespread family name globally, held by around 1 in 6,454,868 people. The last name Egong is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Egong live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Egong is also the 528,876th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 281 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 722 people, or 1 in 245,350. In Nigeria Egong is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 86 percent are found, Delta, where 4 percent are found and Lagos, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Egong is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 19 percent are found and The Philippines, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Egong
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