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 is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amokwu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amokwu is the 1,369,340th most frequently held last name globally, held by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Amokwu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Amokwu is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 160 people, or 1 in 1,107,142. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 80 percent are found, Lagos, where 9 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found 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