Amove Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Amove Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amove Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1431:1,238,76149,638
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Amove (41) may also be a first name.

Amove Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Amove Come From? nationality or country of origin

Amove occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Amove? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,447,279th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Amove reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amove is also the 1,590,275th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 41 people.

Amove is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 143 people, or 1 in 1,238,761. In Nigeria Amove is most numerous in: Benue, where 95 percent live, Nasarawa, where 2 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gamove918/
Hamove916/
Amovea914/
Amover912/
Amovie912/
Amuovie831/
Haimove831/
Amowe8090/
Amovi8061/
Amave8024/
Amobe8023/
Omove8023/
Ameve801/
Omovie731,553/
Amobea73555/
Amowie73311/
Amavet73130/
Amouvi73127/
Amavie7339/
Gamave7319/
Amobee7319/
Hamobe7318/
Amowei7314/
Omoveh7312/
Amouwe7312/
Amaveu739/
Omoive737/
Hamovi737/
Amevie735/
Amovai735/
Amoowe734/
Amoevi734/
Hamowe733/
Amobie732/
Amonpe732/
Asmave732/
Omovei732/
Omovea731/
Amaveh731/
Amgobe731/
Amoëva731/
Homove731/
Amobeh731/
Amovha731/
Aimovi731/
Amavey731/
Gamovy731/
Omover731/
Amoiwe731/
Hamoobe67112/
Omhover6750/
Amahoue6733/
Emuovhe6721/
Hamovit6714/
Omoveha6711/
Amovich679/
Amouwhe677/
Homoved674/
Emoovie673/
Hammovi672/
Amavesh672/
Amawoue672/
Omoivie671/
Omovihe671/
Amoiwei671/
Omuovie671/
Hamohwe671/
Hamoova671/
Hamoyvi671/
Hamoová671/
Homover671/
Gamgobe671/

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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
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  • 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 Amove
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