Achonwa Surname

282,966th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,362 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Achonwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Achonwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,3321:132,9908,621
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
England61:9,286,343223,652
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Achonwa (68) may also be a first name.

Achonwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Achonwa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Achonwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Achonwa is the 282,966th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 5,350,621 people. The last name Achonwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Achonwa reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,181,159th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 68 people.

The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,332 people, or 1 in 132,990. In Nigeria Achonwa is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 41 percent are found, Abia, where 20 percent are found and Lagos, where 13 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Achonwa Last Name Statistics demography

Achonwa earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 68.13% less than the national average, earning $13,750 USD per year.

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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 Achonwa
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