Amechi Surname
Approximately 5,322 people bear this surname
Amechi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5,128 | 1:34,544 | 2,825 |
| United States | 98 | 1:3,698,561 | 204,970 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Amechi (9,701) may also be a first name.
Amechi Demographics
Average Amechi Salary in
United States
$52,508 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Amechi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amechi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amechi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amechi? popularity and diffusion
Amechi is the 90,098th most commonly held family name globally, held by around 1 in 1,369,325 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Amechi live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amechi is also the 62,522nd most widespread first name internationally, borne by 9,701 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 5,128 people, or 1 in 34,544. In Nigeria Amechi is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 14 percent are found, Rivers, where 14 percent are found and Lagos, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Amechi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Amechi last name are 9.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.25% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Amechi earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 73.07% less than the national average, earning R 63,996 per year and in United States they earn 21.69% more than the national average, earning $52,508 USD per year.
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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 Amechi
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