Amaechi Surname
Approximately 55,167 people bear this surname
Amaechi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 54,287 | 1:3,263 | 442 |
| United States | 286 | 1:1,267,339 | 89,284 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| England | 159 | 1:350,428 | 25,285 |
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Amaechi (29,531) may also be a first name.
Amaechi Demographics
Average Amaechi Salary in
United States
$40,117 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Amaechi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amaechi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amaechi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amaechi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,209th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 132,100 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Amaechi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amaechi is also the 28,219th most frequently used given name worldwide, held by 29,531 people.
The surname Amaechi is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 54,287 people, or 1 in 3,263. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Imo, where 49 percent are found, Abia, where 12 percent are found and Rivers, where 9 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 44 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Ghana, where 1 percent are found.
Amaechi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Amaechi surname is primarily Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Amaechi surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.
The amount Amaechi earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 14.21% less than the national average, earning R 203,868 per year; in United States they earn 7.03% less than the national average, earning $40,117 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.46% more than the national average, earning $60,346 CAD 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 Amaechi
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