Amunye Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Amunye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Amunye (20) may also be a first name.
Amunye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amunye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amunye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amunye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,849,867th most widespread family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name Amunye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Amunye reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 20 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 2,242,313. In Nigeria Amunye is mostly concentrated in: Nasarawa, where 67 percent live, Bayelsa, where 27 percent live and Rivers, where 6 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 20 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amunyet | 92 | 173 | / |
| Amunyiet | 86 | 2 | / |
| Amunaiye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Amonye | 83 | 207 | / |
| Amunge | 83 | 203 | / |
| Amunue | 83 | 145 | / |
| Omunye | 83 | 20 | / |
| Amunje | 83 | 9 | / |
| Amunie | 83 | 8 | / |
| Amunay | 83 | 4 | / |
| Amunae | 83 | 2 | / |
| Gamungaye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amounie | 77 | 68 | / |
| Gamunee | 77 | 64 | / |
| Amunaya | 77 | 61 | / |
| Hamonye | 77 | 20 | / |
| Omunyet | 77 | 18 | / |
| Asmunie | 77 | 11 | / |
| Ammunje | 77 | 5 | / |
| Amuneya | 77 | 3 | / |
| Amuniya | 77 | 3 | / |
| Aamunge | 77 | 2 | / |
| Amunayo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Amougne | 77 | 2 | / |
| Hamunei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omunoye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amonaye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amunyoi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amunayi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amuneja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Asmuney | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ammunge | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amunier | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ahamounaye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Haimunue | 71 | 5 | / |
| Amuneyat | 71 | 4 | / |
| Amugnesh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hamounee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aumunier | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amounieh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amoniyeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gomunaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omungiye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aumeunier | 67 | 465 | / |
| Amonoy | 67 | 286 | / |
| Omonye | 67 | 145 | / |
| Amunau | 67 | 75 | / |
| Amonea | 67 | 23 | / |
| Amonay | 67 | 20 | / |
| Amounehad | 67 | 10 | / |
| Amonje | 67 | 8 | / |
| Amoney | 67 | 7 | / |
| Amonie | 67 | 4 | / |
| Omunge | 67 | 4 | / |
| Amunai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Amunaa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Amunoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amounejad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amouneije | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Amunye
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