Amagwu Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Amagwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 166 | 1:1,067,125 | 44,499 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Amagwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amagwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amagwu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amagwu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,328,442nd most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Amagwu reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 166 people, or 1 in 1,067,125. In Nigeria Amagwu is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 19 percent reside, Rivers, where 15 percent reside and Enugu, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amaugwu | 92 | 100 | / |
| Amaegwu | 92 | 53 | / |
| Amangwu | 92 | 4 | / |
| Amaghwu | 92 | 2 | / |
| Amahagwu | 86 | 49 | / |
| Amagwuha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Amegwu | 83 | 392 | / |
| Omagwu | 83 | 271 | / |
| Amagbu | 83 | 44 | / |
| Amogwu | 83 | 16 | / |
| Amakwu | 83 | 14 | / |
| Emagwu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Amaukwu | 77 | 258 | / |
| Amaikwu | 77 | 100 | / |
| Amankwu | 77 | 53 | / |
| Emeagwu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Emaigwu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Omeagwu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Amaekwu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Amackwu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Omaegwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Osmagwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amatkwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amachkwu | 71 | 5 | / |
| Amaizkwu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amaikkwu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omakwu | 67 | 499 | / |
| Emakwu | 67 | 217 | / |
| Amokwu | 67 | 161 | / |
| Omogwu | 67 | 121 | / |
| Omegwu | 67 | 97 | / |
| Omagbu | 67 | 72 | / |
| Emegwu | 67 | 35 | / |
| Amogbu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Amekwu | 67 | 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 Amagwu
- 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