Amanye Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Amanye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Amanye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amanye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amanye is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Amanye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amanye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,909,720th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Amanye are found; 56 percent are found in Central Africa and 56 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Amanye is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 865,378. In Cameroon Amanye is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 100 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 24 percent reside and Uganda, where 16 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 Amanye
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