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
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Amaechi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amaechi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amaechi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amaechi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,209th most widespread family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 132,100 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Amaechi are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 28,219th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 29,531 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 54,287 people, or 1 in 3,263. In Nigeria Amaechi is mostly found in: Imo, where 49 percent live, Abia, where 12 percent live and Rivers, where 9 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 44 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Ghana, where 1 percent live.
Amaechi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Amaechi last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for 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
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- 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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