Amefu Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Amefu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Amefu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amefu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amefu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Amefu.
How Common Is The Last Name Amefu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,808,717th most widespread last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Amefu reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 3,768,995. In Nigeria Amefu is primarily concentrated in: Osun, where 57 percent live, Lagos, where 34 percent live and Abia, where 6 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amaefu | 91 | 102 | / |
| Amefou | 91 | 5 | / |
| Aamefu | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ammaefu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Amefuha | 83 | 1 | / |
| Amafu | 80 | 574 | / |
| Emefu | 80 | 323 | / |
| Amofu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Omefu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Emeafu | 73 | 268 | / |
| Hamafu | 73 | 202 | / |
| Amaafu | 73 | 17 | / |
| Amafeu | 73 | 17 | / |
| Amephu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Aimofu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eumefu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amafui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amifou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amofou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Omeifu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Omoefu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hamifu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amoffou | 67 | 23 | / |
| Amoifou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hamafou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Homefus | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hamifou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amidfou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emeafou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hamidfou | 62 | 11 | / |
| Goumefou | 62 | 10 | / |
| Ahamafou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Omafu | 60 | 801 | / |
| Emafu | 60 | 22 | / |
| Omofu | 60 | 6 | / |
| Emofu | 60 | 3 | / |
| Emafau | 55 | 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 Amefu
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