Egwumah Surname
Approximately 585 people bear this surname
Egwumah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 584 | 1:303,327 | 16,903 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Egwumah (24) may also be a first name.
Egwumah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Egwumah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Egwumah is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Egwumah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 546,987th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 12,457,343 people. The last name Egwumah occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Egwumah live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most common given name in the world, borne by 24 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 584 people, or 1 in 303,327. In Nigeria Egwumah is most common in: Kogi, where 70 percent reside, Plateau, where 7 percent reside and Benue, where 6 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egwuma | 92 | 1,094 | / |
| Ogwumah | 86 | 11 | / |
| Egwumoh | 86 | 4 | / |
| Eigwuma | 86 | 3 | / |
| Egwuuma | 86 | 1 | / |
| Egwumea | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ogwuma | 77 | 1,335 | / |
| Agwuma | 77 | 64 | / |
| Ekwuma | 77 | 47 | / |
| Egbuma | 77 | 27 | / |
| Igwuma | 77 | 7 | / |
| Eguoma | 77 | 5 | / |
| Egwoma | 77 | 2 | / |
| Eqwuma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egwumo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwumah | 71 | 45 | / |
| Agwimah | 71 | 13 | / |
| Ogwumma | 71 | 9 | / |
| Ekwuema | 71 | 8 | / |
| Akwumah | 71 | 6 | / |
| Igweuma | 71 | 4 | / |
| Agwumoh | 71 | 2 | / |
| Egwummo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Egwumuo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Egwumou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egwuimo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igwumoh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igwumma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egwummuo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Igbaumah | 67 | 3 | / |
| Igwuemoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuemea | 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 Egwumah
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