Amputu Surname

799,576th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 351 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Amputu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amputu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia3291:7,3231,434
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Amputu (15) may also be a first name.

Amputu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Amputu is found most in Namibia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Amputu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Amputu is the 799,576th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 20,762,239 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Amputu are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held given name in the world It is held by 15 people.

The last name Amputu is most widely held in Namibia, where it is held by 329 people, or 1 in 7,323. In Namibia Amputu is primarily found in: Omusati Region, where 33 percent are found, ǁKaras Region, where 26 percent are found and Oshana Region, where 22 percent are found. Outside of Namibia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hamputu923/
Gamputu921/
Ampotu834/
Emputu831/
Abutu739,429/
Avutu732,396/
Avuthu67797/
Abustu67244/
Gabutu6790/
Empitu6742/
Abautu6735/
Habutu6713/
Aavutu6711/
Abutuh675/
Avautu674/
Abuttu673/
Avuttu673/
Anpotu673/
Abutut671/

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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 Amputu
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