Amawu Surname
Approximately 272 people bear this surname
Amawu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 265 | 1:668,463 | 31,178 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Amawu (25) may also be a first name.
Amawu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amawu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amawu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amawu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amawu is the 959,117th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 26,792,448 people. The last name Amawu is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Amawu are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 25 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 265 people, or 1 in 668,463. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Edo, where 49 percent are found, Plateau, where 23 percent are found and Cross River, where 14 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amawou | 91 | 8 | / |
| Hamawu | 91 | 7 | / |
| Gamawu | 91 | 5 | / |
| Amawwu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ammawu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ameawu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Amaiwou | 83 | 43 | / |
| Asmaiwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Amewu | 80 | 2,839 | / |
| Amabu | 80 | 139 | / |
| Amavu | 80 | 56 | / |
| Amowu | 80 | 29 | / |
| Emawu | 80 | 5 | / |
| Omawu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Aimmawut | 77 | 2 | / |
| Hamabu | 73 | 871 | / |
| Amabou | 73 | 40 | / |
| Amaveu | 73 | 9 | / |
| Hamavu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gamavu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Omaiwu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Amehwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aimewu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amavou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amawoo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Omaewu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Emaiwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amaabu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hamabhu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Aimabou | 67 | 14 | / |
| Homawou | 67 | 8 | / |
| Hamabou | 67 | 7 | / |
| Aamoowu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ahamabu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gamavou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amahbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amaivou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aïmabou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amaibou | 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
- 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 Amawu
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