Amuh Surname
Approximately 2,460 people bear this surname
Amuh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,307 | 1:135,534 | 8,760 |
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| Cameroon | 379 | 1:54,800 | 7,095 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Amuh (922) may also be a first name.
Amuh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amuh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amuh is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amuh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amuh is the 174,407th most commonly held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,962,417 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Amuh live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 266,800th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 922 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,307 people, or 1 in 135,534. In Nigeria Amuh is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 57 percent are found, Benue, where 13 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 28 percent are found and Cameroon, where 15 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 Amuh
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