Amakwa Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Amakwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Amakwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amakwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amakwa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amakwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,034,050th most widely held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amakwa live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Amakwa is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Amakwa is most common in: Benue, where 69 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 6 percent reside and Borno, where 6 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside and Cameroon, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamakwa | 92 | 148 | / |
| Amaukwa | 92 | 4 | / |
| Amakwha | 92 | 2 | / |
| Amakwai | 92 | 2 | / |
| Amakwah | 92 | 2 | / |
| Amakwaa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Amahkwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Amankwha | 86 | 2 | / |
| Haamakwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hamankwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Amahkwah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Amakwaah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Amakwe | 83 | 915 | / |
| Amakua | 83 | 17 | / |
| Omakwa | 83 | 11 | / |
| Amagwa | 83 | 9 | / |
| Amakwo | 83 | 4 | / |
| Emakwa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Amokwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Amekwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Amankwe | 77 | 219 | / |
| Hamakua | 77 | 12 | / |
| Amaukwe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Amokwah | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ammakwe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Amaukwo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Emaikwa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ameakwe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Amaikwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amagwah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amakwue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ameukwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amakuah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hamagwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amaukua | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hamakwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gamakwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ameangwa | 71 | 21 | / |
| Homaikwa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Amagwuha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amahakwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amankwei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amagua | 67 | 1,807 | / |
| Omagwa | 67 | 1,613 | / |
| Amegwa | 67 | 363 | / |
| Amagba | 67 | 348 | / |
| Amokwe | 67 | 91 | / |
| Emekwa | 67 | 32 | / |
| Amogwa | 67 | 27 | / |
| Omokwa | 67 | 22 | / |
| Emokwa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Amakue | 67 | 13 | / |
| Omakwe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Omakwo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hamokwaya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Amagwo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Emagwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Amokwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amacua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amakuo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Emakua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amekwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omekwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omakua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amagwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amonkwaah | 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
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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 Amakwa
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