Egwurugwu Surname
Approximately 374 people bear this surname
Egwurugwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 371 | 1:477,474 | 24,038 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Egwurugwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Egwurugwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Egwurugwu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Egwurugwu? popularity and diffusion
Egwurugwu is the 763,307th most widely held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 19,485,417 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Egwurugwu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Egwurugwu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 371 people, or 1 in 477,474. In Nigeria Egwurugwu is most numerous in: Rivers, where 66 percent reside, Abia, where 13 percent reside and Kaduna, where 6 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egwuruugwu | 95 | 4 | / |
| Egurugwu | 94 | 6 | / |
| Egwurgwu | 94 | 3 | / |
| Egwurugu | 94 | 1 | / |
| Agwurugwu | 89 | 3 | / |
| Igwurugwu | 89 | 3 | / |
| Egwruugwu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Egurugu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Egorugwu | 82 | 30 | / |
| Ekwurugwo | 78 | 17 | / |
| Oguurugwu | 78 | 3 | / |
| Ogurugu | 75 | 127 | / |
| Agurugu | 75 | 29 | / |
| Igurugu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Egurugo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuruekwu | 74 | 3 | / |
| Ekwurugo | 71 | 27 | / |
| Uguruagu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Agurukwu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oghwuroghwu | 70 | 1 | / |
| Okwurukwu | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ekwurekwu | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ugurug | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ikeriugwu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Agherugwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwurugwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okeurugwe | 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 Egwurugwu
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