Amonye Surname
Approximately 207 people bear this surname
Amonye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 193 | 1:917,838 | 39,641 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Amonye (40) may also be a first name.
Amonye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amonye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amonye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amonye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,155,901st most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. The surname Amonye occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Amonye are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amonye is also the 1,614,485th most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 40 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 193 people, or 1 in 917,838. In Nigeria Amonye is most common in: Benue, where 24 percent are found, Kogi, where 21 percent are found and Kano, where 15 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Amonye occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Amonye
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