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
Egonye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Egonye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,596,935th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The surname Egonye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Egonye live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Egonye is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 124 people, or 1 in 1,428,571. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Taraba, where 26 percent are found, Enugu, where 23 percent are found and Lagos, where 22 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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