Egonye Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Egonye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 124 | 1:1,428,571 | 55,237 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Egonye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Egonye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Egonye is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Egonye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,596,935th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Egonye live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 124 people, or 1 in 1,428,571. In Nigeria Egonye is mostly concentrated in: Taraba, where 26 percent reside, Enugu, where 23 percent reside and Lagos, where 22 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engonye | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yeghonye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Egenye | 83 | 11 | / |
| Egunye | 83 | 2 | / |
| Egogne | 83 | 1 | / |
| Egonay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Eghonyeha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Engonge | 77 | 874 | / |
| Igoniye | 77 | 4 | / |
| Egunyea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aghonye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egoniya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Agounye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eghonie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egonnaya | 71 | 7 | / |
| Engonnei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egonegie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yenganye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egannyer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eighoney | 71 | 0 | / |
| Egenie | 67 | 254 | / |
| Eganey | 67 | 41 | / |
| Egunge | 67 | 27 | / |
| Egunje | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ogonje | 67 | 5 | / |
| Agenye | 67 | 4 | / |
| Igonay | 67 | 3 | / |
| Agonie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Iganye | 67 | 3 | / |
| Egonja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agonje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igoney | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Egonye
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