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Where Does The Last Name Amu Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Amu (Bengali: অমু, Hindi: अमू, Marathi: आमु, Oriya: ଅମୁ, Tibetan: ཨ་མུ་) is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms: Amú or Amù. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Amu? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 27,249^th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 369,588 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 58 percent of Amu live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 56,450^th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 11,302 people.

Amu is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6,760 people, or 1 in 26,205. In Nigeria Amu is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 13 percent are found, Edo, where 13 percent are found and Benue, where 12 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 61 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 20 percent are found and Indonesia, where 14 percent are found.

Amu Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (95%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Amu surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Amu earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 23.06% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,915 per year; in South Africa they earn 60.62% less than the national average, earning R 93,576 per year; in Colombia they earn 11.94% less than the national average, earning $19,990,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.71% more than the national average, earning $47,771 USD per year and in Canada they earn 50.33% more than the national average, earning $74,686 CAD per year.