Eliagwu Surname
Approximately 317 people bear this surname
Eliagwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 316 | 1:560,578 | 27,255 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Eliagwu (55) may also be a first name.
Eliagwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eliagwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Eliagwu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Eliagwu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eliagwu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 858,879th most commonly held family name globally, held by around 1 in 22,989,104 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Eliagwu live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 55 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 316 people, or 1 in 560,578. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 61 percent live, Kogi, where 25 percent live and Nasarawa, where 3 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elagwu | 92 | 60 | / |
| Elaigwu | 86 | 4,947 | / |
| Aliagwu | 86 | 229 | / |
| Eliakwu | 86 | 9 | / |
| Eleigwu | 86 | 7 | / |
| Elaegwu | 86 | 4 | / |
| Eleagwu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Eliogwu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Eilagwu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Elacgwu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ellaigwu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Elaingwu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Elaigwut | 80 | 3 | / |
| Alagwu | 77 | 576 | / |
| Elegwu | 77 | 43 | / |
| Elogwu | 77 | 12 | / |
| Ellaaigwu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Elaikwu | 71 | 69 | / |
| Eliokwu | 71 | 19 | / |
| Alaigwu | 71 | 12 | / |
| Oliakwu | 71 | 11 | / |
| Ilaigwu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Aliogwu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Alagwuh | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ellegwu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eleugwu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oliogwu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elaiqwu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aleagwu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alaugkwu | 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 Eliagwu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis