Amunwe Surname

1,140,742nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 211 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Amunwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Amunwe 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
Namibia2101:11,4732,180
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Amunwe Last Name Facts

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

Amunwe occurs in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amunwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Amunwe is the 1,140,742nd most commonly held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 34,538,132 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amunwe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in Namibia, where it is borne by 210 people, or 1 in 11,473. In Namibia it is most numerous in: ǁKaras Region, where 54 percent reside, Oshikoto Region, where 35 percent reside and Oshana Region, where 10 percent reside. Other than Namibia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

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
Amunue83145/
Amunwa8336/
Amunwh831/
Amonwe831/
Omounwe771/
Haimunue715/
Hamaumwe711/
Hammunwd711/
Omonwe6715/
Amunbi674/
Amumbe671/
Omunwa671/
Amounbi62104/
Amunbhi621/
Hamumwi621/
Hamaumbe571/
Hammonway530/
Omumbe506/
Omonwa504/
Amumbi503/
Omunui501/
Aminvi501/
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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 Amunwe
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