Amwa Surname
Approximately 464 people bear this surname
Amwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 170 | 1:229,643 | 17,617 |
| Yemen | 126 | 1:209,725 | 8,755 |
| Lebanon | 54 | 1:104,390 | 6,105 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| Afghanistan | 9 | 1:3,572,576 | 20,130 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Amwa (808) may also be a first name.
Amwa Demographics
Amwa Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Amwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺎﻭ) is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amwa? popularity and diffusion
Amwa is the 651,048th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 15,705,918 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Amwa live; 39 percent live in West Asia and 36 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Amwa is also the 287,646th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 808 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 170 people, or 1 in 229,643. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Apac District, where 42 percent reside, Oyam District, where 14 percent reside and Pader District, where 14 percent reside. Barring Uganda this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 27 percent reside and Lebanon, where 12 percent reside.
Amwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Amwa surname is predominantly Sunni (95%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amwa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺎﻭ | amaw | - |
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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 Amwa
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