Amaefu Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Amaefu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 101 | 1:1,753,889 | 63,997 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Amaefu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amaefu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amaefu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amaefu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,828,462nd most numerous family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Amaefu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 1,753,889. In Nigeria it is most common in: Abia, where 69 percent live, Lagos, where 13 percent live and Rivers, where 10 percent live. Other than Nigeria Amaefu is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammaefu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Amafu | 91 | 574 | / |
| Amefu | 91 | 48 | / |
| Hamafu | 83 | 202 | / |
| Amafeu | 83 | 17 | / |
| Amaafu | 83 | 17 | / |
| Amefou | 83 | 5 | / |
| Aamefu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Amafui | 83 | 1 | / |
| Amajifu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Hamafou | 77 | 4 | / |
| Omafu | 73 | 801 | / |
| Emefu | 73 | 323 | / |
| Emafu | 73 | 22 | / |
| Amofu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Omefu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ahamafou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amephu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Amoufu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aimofu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eumefu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emafau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amofou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omeifu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omoefu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amoffou | 62 | 23 | / |
| Amoifou | 62 | 5 | / |
| Amoufou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ahmoufou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Omofu | 55 | 6 | / |
| Emofu | 55 | 3 | / |
| Emaphu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Amaefu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis