Amechie Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Amechie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Amechie (16) may also be a first name.
Amechie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amechie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amechie occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amechie? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amechie are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 16 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Amechie is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 38 percent live, Rivers, where 38 percent live and Abia, where 13 percent live. Barring Nigeria Amechie is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent live and South Africa, where 10 percent live.
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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 Amechie
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