Egwin Surname

910,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 292 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Egwin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egwin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2731:648,87530,450
United States121:30,204,911765,334
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Egwin (240) may also be a first name.

Egwin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Egwin is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Egwin? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 910,497th most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 24,957,349 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Egwin reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 577,234th most frequently used forename world-wide, held by 240 people.

The surname Egwin is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 273 people, or 1 in 648,875. In Nigeria Egwin is most numerous in: Lagos, where 18 percent live, Abia, where 17 percent live and Rivers, where 16 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Egwin Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Egwin earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.56% less than the national average, earning R 41,436 per year and in United States they earn 88.54% more than the national average, earning $81,354 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Egwwin911/
Egwuin911/
Egwn896/
Hegwein83259/
Hegwine8314/
Egwaine835/
Heigwin830/
Egwim809,820/
Eguin80517/
Ogwin80186/
Ekwin8085/
Agwin8014/
Egwen805/
Egbin801/
O'Gwin7352/
Egwene7338/
Egwuim7327/
Ekwing7312/
Ogwinn7310/
Engwyn739/
Egweun733/
Ogwuin733/
Ekwind732/
Egwwim732/
Igwina731/
Agwinn730/
Agwn6714/
Engkuin676/
Engquin675/
O'Gwinn672/
Eghwene672/
Ecwn671/
Igwn671/
Ogwn671/
Hekwing671/
Egwuenn671/
Igweine671/

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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 Egwin
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