Eponu Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Eponu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Eponu (22) may also be a first name.
Eponu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eponu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Eponu is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eponu? popularity and diffusion
Eponu is the 4,772,636th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Eponu is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Eponu live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 22 people.
Eponu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Eponu is mostly concentrated in: Federal Capital Territory, where 64 percent are found, Benue, where 29 percent are found and Ogun, where 7 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent are found and Uganda, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epongu | 91 | 427 | / |
| Eponou | 91 | 294 | / |
| Heponu | 91 | 7 | / |
| Esponu | 91 | 3 | / |
| Epponou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Eponouh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Epongau | 83 | 1 | / |
| Epenu | 80 | 222 | / |
| Oponu | 80 | 69 | / |
| Epunu | 80 | 67 | / |
| Epanu | 80 | 59 | / |
| Iponu | 80 | 6 | / |
| Aponu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Epannu | 73 | 67 | / |
| Epunau | 73 | 44 | / |
| Epungu | 73 | 27 | / |
| Epangu | 73 | 21 | / |
| Ipongu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Eepenu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ephenu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hoponu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Opponu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iponou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Epenou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ephanus | 67 | 20 | / |
| Ipongou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yepannu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ipounou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aponnou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eepannu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yepanou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Opounou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hepenou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoponou | 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 Eponu
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