Amaeke Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Amaeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 124 | 1:1,428,571 | 55,237 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Amaeke (30) may also be a first name.
Amaeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amaeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amaeke is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Amaeke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amaeke? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,612,213th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. Amaeke occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amaeke reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amaeke is also the 1,911,214th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 30 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 124 people, or 1 in 1,428,571. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Abia, where 48 percent are found, Edo, where 15 percent are found and Rivers, where 10 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Amaeke is found in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Amaeke
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