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 more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Epongu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 692,305th most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,066,852 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Epongu live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Epongu is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 406 people, or 1 in 96,156. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Kaberamaido District, where 40 percent reside, Amuria District, where 29 percent reside and Soroti District, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Uganda Epongu occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.
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