Amwano Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
Amwano Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 143 | 1:273,002 | 19,668 |
| Nauru | 92 | 1:129 | 25 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
Amwano Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amwano Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amwano is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amwano? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amwano is the 1,058,336th most widely held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Amwano are found; 61 percent are found in East Africa and 60 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Amwano is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 143 people, or 1 in 273,002. In Uganda Amwano is mostly found in: Amuria District, where 49 percent reside, Soroti District, where 40 percent reside and Kaberamaido District, where 6 percent reside. Beside Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nauru, where 39 percent reside and Fiji, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamwano | 92 | 1 | / |
| Hamwanno | 86 | 7 | / |
| Amwana | 83 | 115 | / |
| Omwano | 83 | 5 | / |
| Amwono | 83 | 3 | / |
| Amuano | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aimbano | 77 | 77 | / |
| Hamwana | 77 | 12 | / |
| Ambanou | 77 | 8 | / |
| Amwatna | 77 | 7 | / |
| Aumbano | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ambanoo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aimwana | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ambanoh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amwaana | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amwongo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aumwana | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hambanou | 71 | 160 | / |
| Asemwana | 71 | 4 | / |
| Hemwanno | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ambeanoh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aumwanga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Anwana | 67 | 4,578 | / |
| Ambana | 67 | 942 | / |
| Omwono | 67 | 231 | / |
| Hamwoongo | 67 | 88 | / |
| Omwana | 67 | 51 | / |
| Amwona | 67 | 24 | / |
| Amuono | 67 | 15 | / |
| Anuano | 67 | 12 | / |
| Emwana | 67 | 12 | / |
| Onwano | 67 | 11 | / |
| Amvana | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ombano | 67 | 3 | / |
| Houmwanou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hamwaanga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amuana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahanwanou | 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
- 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 Amwano
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