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
The last name Amwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺎﻭ) is found most in Uganda. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amwa is the 651,048th most widely held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 15,705,918 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Amwa are found; 39 percent are found in West Asia and 36 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 287,646th most frequently held forename worldwide, borne by 808 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 170 people, or 1 in 229,643. In Uganda Amwa is primarily found in: Apac District, where 42 percent live, Oyam District, where 14 percent live and Pader District, where 14 percent live. Aside from Uganda it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 27 percent live and Lebanon, where 12 percent live.
Amwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Amwa surname is primarily 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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