Egypt Surname

973,426th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 266 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
South Africa

Egypt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egypt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1681:1,054,42144,098
South Africa571:950,48660,033
Iran361:2,132,84874,334
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Egypt (648) may also be a first name.

Egypt Last Name Facts

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

Egypt occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Egypt.

How Common Is The Last Name Egypt? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 973,426th most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,396,789 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Egypt reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 326,442nd most numerous given name on earth It is held by 648 people.

Egypt is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 168 people, or 1 in 1,054,421. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 78 percent reside, Delta, where 10 percent reside and Gombe, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 21 percent reside and Iran, where 14 percent reside.

Egypt Last Name Statistics demography

Egypt earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.61% more than the national average, earning R 350,784 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Egypte91184/
Egyptt914/
Eagypt911/
Egyp891/
Egybt80153/
Egept804/
Egype801/
Eigyp801/
Egipt801/
Egipte7343/
Eygept731/
Egipht730/
Egip67102/
Egep677/
Hegipte672/
Edpt671/
Ydpt671/
Ytpt671/
Igyp671/

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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 Egypt
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis