Amwe Surname
Approximately 477 people bear this surname
Amwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 438 | 1:404,436 | 21,183 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Amwe (191) may also be a first name.
Amwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amwe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﻮﻩ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 638,206th most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,277,874 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Amwe live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 657,437th most commonly held given name at a global level, borne by 191 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 438 people, or 1 in 404,436. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kaduna, where 60 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 27 percent are found and Kano, where 4 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Amwe exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amwe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amwe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻣﻮﻩ | amwh | - |
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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 Amwe
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