Amokwu Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Amokwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 160 | 1:1,107,142 | 45,738 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Amokwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amokwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amokwu has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amokwu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,369,340th most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Amokwu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 1,107,142. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Delta, where 80 percent are found, Lagos, where 9 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amuokwu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Omokwu | 83 | 63 | / |
| Amukwu | 83 | 24 | / |
| Amogwu | 83 | 16 | / |
| Amakwu | 83 | 14 | / |
| Amekwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Amokwuije | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amaukwu | 77 | 258 | / |
| Amankwu | 77 | 53 | / |
| Amaekwu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Amuukwu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Amackwu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Omoekwu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Amatkwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amachkwu | 71 | 5 | / |
| Omakwu | 67 | 499 | / |
| Amegwu | 67 | 392 | / |
| Omukwu | 67 | 336 | / |
| Emakwu | 67 | 217 | / |
| Amagwu | 67 | 169 | / |
| Omekwu | 67 | 154 | / |
| Omogwu | 67 | 121 | / |
| Amugwu | 67 | 25 | / |
| Emekwu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Amogbu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Amaugwu | 62 | 100 | / |
| Amaegwu | 62 | 53 | / |
| Amangwu | 62 | 4 | / |
| Amaghwu | 62 | 2 | / |
| Gomakwu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Omeukwu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Omuikwu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Eimakwu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Amogbou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Omoegwu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Omoghwu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Amahagwu | 57 | 49 | / |
| Amagwuha | 57 | 1 | / |
| Omagwu | 50 | 271 | / |
| Omegwu | 50 | 97 | / |
| Amagbu | 50 | 44 | / |
| Emegwu | 50 | 35 | / |
| Emagwu | 50 | 4 | / |
| Omugwu | 50 | 4 | / |
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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 Amokwu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis