Egwuatu Surname

37,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,022 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Egwuatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egwuatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria13,8271:12,8111,299
United States1181:3,071,686178,560
England511:1,092,51152,584
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Belize51:71,0952,977
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Egwuatu (217) may also be a first name.

Egwuatu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Egwuatu is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Egwuatu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 37,555th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 519,722 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Egwuatu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Egwuatu is also the 612,983rd most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 217 people.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 13,827 people, or 1 in 12,811. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Anambra, where 45 percent are found, Imo, where 10 percent are found and Lagos, where 8 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Egwuatu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Egwuatu surname is principally Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Egwuatu last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

The amount Egwuatu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 93.33% less than the national average, earning R 15,840 per year and in United States they earn 7.71% more than the national average, earning $46,475 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Egwuatuh936/
Egwuatuu932/
Egwuaatu931/
Egwatu92234/
Eguatu9266/
Agwuatu8613/
Egwautu8613/
Egweatu8611/
Eqwuatu865/
Eguatau862/
Igwuatu861/
Ekwuatu861/
Agwatu7796/
Ekwatu7747/
Egbatu7742/
Ecwatu7724/
Egwotu7723/
Iguatu7717/
Oguatu7717/
Igwatu778/
Ogwatu774/
Aguatu771/
Ogwuotu7124/
Igweatu716/
Iguatus714/
Igwathu711/
Egbatou711/
Agwautu711/
Enguotu711/
Agwuotu711/
Agwuotuu674/

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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 Egwuatu
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