Amunwa Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Amunwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Amunwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria291:6,108,371148,179
England31:18,572,686338,250
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Amunwa Last Name Facts

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

Amunwa has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Amunwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,274,477th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname Amunwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Amunwa live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria Amunwa is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 59 percent live, Ondo, where 28 percent live and Rivers, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Amunwa is found in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent live and Belgium, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Amunwah9212/
Amunwe83211/
Amunua834/
Omunwa831/
Omgunwa771/
Emunwah771/
Omohunwa719/
Amunue67145/
Omumwa6766/
Amumba6730/
Aminva679/
Omonwa674/
Amunbi674/
Amunuo673/
Amumwo671/
Amonwe671/
Hammonway670/
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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 Amunwa
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