Amakaeze Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Amakaeze Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amakaeze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1651:1,073,59244,679
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Amakaeze Last Name Facts

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

The last name Amakaeze occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amakaeze? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,338,236th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. The surname Amakaeze is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Amakaeze reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Amakaeze is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 1,073,592. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 27 percent are found, Enugu, where 18 percent are found and Abia, where 13 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Amakeze9384/
Omakaeze884/
Amakazi8014/
Omakeze801/
Amakage801/
Hamakazi754/
Emekaeze753/
Amokueze751/
Omekeze6713/
Amakasi676/
Amakozi671/
Amakose671/
Amokase671/
Amekedzi63420/
Hamakose631/
Ammakoise591/
Amaucheazi566/
Amakosi5316/
Omakozi5310/
Emakasi531/
Omakesi531/
Hamekasi503/
Emekesie501/
Oemekazi501/

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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 Amakaeze
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