Iroegbu Surname

65,625th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,604 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Iroegbu Surname User-submission:

The Iroegbu surname comes from iro, which means 'hatred', and egbu, which means 'to kill'. So together it means 'hatred will not kill me'.

Iroegbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7,4391:23,8132,093
England731:763,26141,903
United States521:6,970,364322,914
Scotland91:594,86921,724
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Iroegbu (485) may also be a first name.

Iroegbu Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Iroegbu surname comes from iro, which means 'hatred', and egbu, which means 'to kill'. So together it means 'hatred will not kill me'.

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Iroegbu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iroegbu is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Iroegbu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iroegbu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 65,625th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 958,383 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Iroegbu live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 385,996th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 485 people.

Iroegbu is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7,439 people, or 1 in 23,813. In Nigeria Iroegbu is most frequent in: Abia, where 42 percent are found, Rivers, where 16 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Iroegbu Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Iroegbu earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 12.18% more than the national average, earning R 266,580 per year and in United States they earn 19.71% more than the national average, earning $51,652 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Iroegbut931/
Iroegbuu931/
Irouegbu931/
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Iroegbus931/
Iregbu921,153/
Irogbu9276/
Iruegbu8628/
Eroegbu8616/
Iriegbu8615/
Ireagbu8613/
Uroegbu8610/
Ireegbu868/
Irougbu862/
Iroigbu862/
Iraegbu862/
Iregbuu861/
Jroegbu861/
Uregbu7744/
Eregbu7735/
Erogbu775/
Irugbu773/
Uraegbu713/
Erougbu711/
Eruegbu711/
Ereagbu711/
Eriegbu711/
Ajraegbu672/
Erugbu621/
Irugboo571/
Geraughbu500/

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