Amahor Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Amahor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amahor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Amahor Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Amahor Come From? nationality or country of origin

Amahor is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amahor? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,957,383rd most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Amahor live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 64 percent reside, Borno, where 32 percent reside and Edo, where 5 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Amahor occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Amahjor921/
Amahore921/
Amaor9117/
Amajor83973/
Amayor8311/
Hamaor836/
Amaour832/
Amaore832/
Amaeor832/
Amaior831/
Omahor831/
Amhaor831/
Amoahar7719/
Amhaour779/
Hammaor774/
Amajhar773/
Ammaour773/
Haamaor771/
Amajior771/
Amajgor771/
Amaeoir770/
Hamahorova751/
Amoar731/
Omaor731/
Omaore67205/
Amojor67106/
Amoior6790/
Emohor6711/
Hemaor676/
Amooor674/
Amohar672/
Amouar672/
Ameyor671/
Uomaor671/
Amoare671/
Omayor671/

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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 Amahor
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