Egwete Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Egwete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 90 | 1:433,770 | 26,293 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
Egwete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Egwete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Egwete is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Egwete? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,364,059th most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Egwete reside; 56 percent reside in East Africa and 56 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Egwete is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 433,770. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Dokolo District, where 89 percent are found, Alebtong District, where 7 percent are found and Apac District, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Uganda Egwete is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 30 percent are found and Nigeria, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egwuete | 92 | 83 | / |
| Engwete | 92 | 48 | / |
| Egweete | 92 | 1 | / |
| Egwet | 91 | 22 | / |
| Ogwete | 83 | 629 | / |
| Egbete | 83 | 232 | / |
| Agwete | 83 | 121 | / |
| Ekwete | 83 | 60 | / |
| Engwet | 83 | 36 | / |
| Egwate | 83 | 2 | / |
| Igwete | 83 | 2 | / |
| Egweta | 83 | 1 | / |
| Egwote | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ogwethe | 77 | 56 | / |
| Ogwette | 77 | 8 | / |
| Egbetei | 77 | 7 | / |
| Egwueta | 77 | 4 | / |
| Igweute | 77 | 3 | / |
| Agweete | 77 | 3 | / |
| Egbeite | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ogwuete | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ogwaete | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ekweite | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yeguete | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekweteh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Agwetei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Agwette | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eqwuete | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igwet | 73 | 204 | / |
| Ekwet | 73 | 36 | / |
| Eguet | 73 | 23 | / |
| Egwit | 73 | 1 | / |
| Egwyt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Egbet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Engwhite | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igweta | 67 | 384 | / |
| Akwete | 67 | 347 | / |
| Ekwote | 67 | 235 | / |
| Okwete | 67 | 81 | / |
| Igbete | 67 | 70 | / |
| Ekwate | 67 | 54 | / |
| Agwate | 67 | 41 | / |
| Ikwete | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ekweta | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ekweet | 67 | 3 | / |
| Egwetuoha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Egvedt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Egwati | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iguete | 67 | 1 | / |
| Etqwet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hegvet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egbedt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eghweithi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egbite | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogwote | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eguite | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwiti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekuete | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agwote | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igwest | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igweti | 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 Egwete
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis