Egunu Surname

1,491,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Egunu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egunu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1021:1,736,69463,540
Uganda211:1,859,01362,128
Cameroon181:1,153,83770,128

Egunu (26) may also be a first name.

Egunu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Egunu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Egunu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,491,356th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Egunu are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 26 people.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 102 people, or 1 in 1,736,694. In Nigeria Egunu is most numerous in: Kogi, where 49 percent reside, Cross River, where 21 percent reside and Niger, where 18 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 15 percent reside and Cameroon, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Egungu9134/
Egunnu915/
Egounu913/
Engunu911/
Eggunu911/
Egounou839/
Eghounu831/
Egonu801,464/
Agunu801,254/
Ogunu80469/
Igunu8087/
Eginu801/
Engounou7713/
Igunnu73652/
Igungu73139/
Agunnu7362/
Ogunnu7343/
Eggonu7328/
Jigunu735/
Egoonu734/
Egoenu731/
Agunau731/
Eegonu731/
Igumnu731/
Iguunu731/
Oghounu6782/
Ingunau6713/
Yeggonu6710/
Jigungu678/
Hygunus674/
Ogunnou673/
Ahagunu671/
Oghunnu671/
Igounou671/
Hagunnu671/

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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
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  • 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 Egunu
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