Amingwa Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Amingwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 123 | 1:168,854 | 18,087 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Amingwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amingwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amingwa occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Amingwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Amingwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,612,213th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. The surname Amingwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Amingwa live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Amingwa is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 168,854. In Cameroon Amingwa is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 92 percent live, West Region, where 7 percent live and Northwest Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamingway | 88 | 3 | / |
| Amingwo | 86 | 34 | / |
| Amengwa | 86 | 28 | / |
| Hammingway | 82 | 1 | / |
| Hemingwa | 80 | 0 | / |
| Hemingway | 75 | 12,359 | / |
| Hamengway | 75 | 24 | / |
| Homingway | 75 | 1 | / |
| Heminghwa | 75 | 0 | / |
| Hemmingway | 71 | 1,259 | / |
| Amingue | 71 | 25 | / |
| Amengwo | 71 | 18 | / |
| Amingbo | 71 | 8 | / |
| Emengwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Amengwi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omingba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amengua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Heminghway | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omeungwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hemngway | 67 | 0 | / |
| Heimmingway | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Amingwa
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