Ameshi Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Ameshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Ameshi (76) may also be a first name.
Ameshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ameshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ameshi is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ameshi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,876,555th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ameshi live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ameshi is also the 1,107,702nd most widespread first name internationally, held by 76 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 4,025,972. In Nigeria Ameshi is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 30 percent live, Adamawa, where 27 percent live and Benue, where 20 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Ghana, where 2 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 Ameshi
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