Amahwa Surname
Approximately 247 people bear this surname
Amahwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 229 | 1:201,659 | 14,674 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
Amahwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amahwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amahwa is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amahwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,022,958th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. Amahwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amahwa reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 64 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Amahwa is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 229 people, or 1 in 201,659. In Kenya Amahwa is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 64 percent reside, Vihiga County, where 30 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Kenya it is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Amahwa
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