Epongu Surname
Approximately 427 people bear this surname
Epongu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 406 | 1:96,156 | 9,787 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
Epongu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Epongu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Epongu is most common in Uganda. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Epongu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Epongu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Epongu is the 692,305th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 17,066,852 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Epongu are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Epongu is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 406 people, or 1 in 96,156. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Kaberamaido District, where 40 percent live, Amuria District, where 29 percent live and Soroti District, where 17 percent live. Other than Uganda it exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epongut | 92 | 1 | / |
| Epongau | 92 | 1 | / |
| Epogu | 91 | 17 | / |
| Eponu | 91 | 17 | / |
| Eipongut | 86 | 1 | / |
| Eponou | 83 | 294 | / |
| Epungu | 83 | 27 | / |
| Espogu | 83 | 24 | / |
| Epangu | 83 | 21 | / |
| Apongu | 83 | 8 | / |
| Heponu | 83 | 7 | / |
| Ipongu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Esponu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Eshpogu | 77 | 78 | / |
| Ipongou | 77 | 4 | / |
| Epponou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Apongou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eponouh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Epagu | 73 | 71 | / |
| Epanu | 73 | 59 | / |
| Iponu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ipogu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Jpogu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Opoungou | 71 | 83 | / |
| Oipongut | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ipoungou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Apangu | 67 | 5,405 | / |
| Ipungu | 67 | 820 | / |
| Ipangu | 67 | 227 | / |
| Epannu | 67 | 67 | / |
| Opangu | 67 | 34 | / |
| Iponou | 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 Epongu
- 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