Mutanen Egba rukuni ne na Yarabawa, ƙabilun yammacin Najeriya, mafi yawansu sun fito ne daga yankin tsakiyar jihar Ogun wato yankin Ogun ta tsakiya. Yankin Sanatan Ogun ta Tsakiya ya ƙunshi ƙananan hukumomi shida a cikin jihar Ogun: Abeokuta ta Arewa, Abeokuta ta Kudu, Ewekoro, Ifo, Obafemi Owode da Odeda . Asali ne game da kalmar Egba. Ma'anar farko na iya zuwa daga kalmar Ẹ̀gbálugbó, ma'ana masu yawo zuwa gandun daji, kuma wannan ya fito ne daga gaskiyar cewa kakannin mutanen Egba sun fito ne daga yankin daular Oyo zuwa "Dajin Egba" kuma sun ƙirƙira abin da muka sani yanzu birnin Abeokuta. "Egbalugbo" suna cikin haɗuwa tare da Ẹ̀gbáluwwa ko Ẹ̀gbálodó, ma'ana masu ɓata zuwa kogin, waɗanda daga baya suka taƙaita wurin da suna zuwa " Egbado ," wani rukuni na rukunin Yarbawa. Wata ma'ana mai yuwuwa na iya zuwa daga kalmar sẹ̀sɛgbá, taken sarki wanda ya jagoranci ƙungiyoyin Egba da yawa zuwa inda suke. Play media Eungiyar Egba, wacce asalinta ke ƙarƙashin Masarautar Oyo, ta sami ƴanci biyo bayan faɗuwar Oyo mai ban mamaki a farkon rabin karni na 19.