Egwemi Surname
Approximately 1,806 people bear this surname
Egwemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,805 | 1:98,140 | 6,699 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Egwemi (56) may also be a first name.
Egwemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Egwemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Egwemi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Egwemi? popularity and diffusion
Egwemi is the 225,102nd most widely held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 4,035,186 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Egwemi are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Egwemi is also the 1,321,957th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 56 people.
Egwemi is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,805 people, or 1 in 98,140. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kogi, where 81 percent are found, Lagos, where 5 percent are found and Edo, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egwuemi | 92 | 403 | / |
| Egwemij | 92 | 4 | / |
| Egwemei | 92 | 1 | / |
| Eegwemi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Egweemi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Egbemi | 83 | 19 | / |
| Eguemi | 83 | 15 | / |
| Egweme | 83 | 13 | / |
| Egwami | 83 | 10 | / |
| Igwemi | 83 | 6 | / |
| Ekwemi | 83 | 6 | / |
| Agwemi | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ogwemi | 83 | 4 | / |
| Egwema | 83 | 1 | / |
| Eqwemi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Egwemy | 83 | 1 | / |
| Egwueme | 77 | 13 | / |
| Egbeymi | 77 | 7 | / |
| Egwemma | 77 | 5 | / |
| Agwemie | 77 | 2 | / |
| Egwimmi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egwuimi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egbeemi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igwuemi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Agwuemi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekgwueme | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekweme | 67 | 1,610 | / |
| Egbeme | 67 | 236 | / |
| Ekwema | 67 | 134 | / |
| Igbemi | 67 | 99 | / |
| Egwame | 67 | 90 | / |
| Agwomi | 67 | 13 | / |
| Igweme | 67 | 12 | / |
| Igwema | 67 | 6 | / |
| Agwami | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ogwomi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Egueme | 67 | 3 | / |
| Agweme | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ogweme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwimi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikwemi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwemi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eguemy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwime | 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 Egwemi
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