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 last name Egonye is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Egonye.
How Common Is The Last Name Egonye? popularity and diffusion
Egonye is the 1,596,935th most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. Egonye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Egonye are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Egonye is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 124 people, or 1 in 1,428,571. In Nigeria Egonye is mostly concentrated in: Taraba, where 26 percent live, Enugu, where 23 percent live and Lagos, where 22 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Egonye occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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