Amanawa Surname

640,141st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 475 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Amanawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amanawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4711:376,09920,048
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

Amanawa (36) may also be a first name.

Amanawa Last Name Facts

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

Amanawa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amanawa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 640,141st most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 15,342,202 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amanawa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amanawa is also the 1,717,090th most widely held first name on earth, held by 36 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 471 people, or 1 in 376,099. In Nigeria Amanawa is primarily found in: Sokoto, where 95 percent live, Bayelsa, where 2 percent live and Zamfara, where 2 percent live. Barring Nigeria Amanawa occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 1 percent live and South Korea, where 0 percent live.

Amanawa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Amanawa last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.

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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 Amanawa
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