Amekwe Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Amekwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Amekwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amekwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amekwe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Amekwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amekwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,665,662nd most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Amekwe live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria Amekwe is primarily concentrated in: Enugu, where 36 percent live, Lagos, where 25 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 18 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amaekwe | 92 | 6 | / |
| Amekwue | 92 | 4 | / |
| Amiekwe | 92 | 4 | / |
| Ameakwe | 92 | 3 | / |
| Ajmekwe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Amakwe | 83 | 915 | / |
| Omekwe | 83 | 808 | / |
| Amekwi | 83 | 658 | / |
| Emekwe | 83 | 219 | / |
| Amokwe | 83 | 91 | / |
| Amegwe | 83 | 24 | / |
| Amikwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Amekwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Emekwue | 77 | 263 | / |
| Omoekwe | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ammakwe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Omeakwe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Hamakwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gamekwi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amiekwi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amakwue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omekw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hamekoue | 71 | 11 | / |
| Amahakwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amegbe | 67 | 2,173 | / |
| Emekwi | 67 | 1,779 | / |
| Omokwe | 67 | 937 | / |
| Amegwa | 67 | 363 | / |
| Omegwe | 67 | 32 | / |
| Amegue | 67 | 13 | / |
| Amigwe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Omakwe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Emakwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ameque | 67 | 2 | / |
| Emekue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Emegwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amekui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Omekue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omekwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emikwe | 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 Amekwe
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