Anamo Surname
Approximately 1,055 people bear this surname
Anamo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 748 | 1:52,192 | 6,287 |
| Papua New Guinea | 141 | 1:57,828 | 7,385 |
| Nigeria | 78 | 1:2,271,061 | 76,915 |
| Cameroon | 48 | 1:432,689 | 36,488 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Añamo (1) are calculated separately.
Anamo (2,455) may also be a first name.
Anamo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anamo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Anamo (Hindi: अनामो, Marathi: अनामो, Tibetan: ཨ་ན་མོ།) is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Añamo. For other potential spellings of Anamo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Anamo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 346,661st most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 6,907,626 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Anamo reside; 73 percent reside in East Africa and 62 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Anamo is also the 149,291st most common forename at a global level, borne by 2,455 people.
The surname Anamo is most widespread in Uganda, where it is held by 748 people, or 1 in 52,192. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Kaberamaido District, where 56 percent are found, Soroti District, where 21 percent are found and Dokolo District, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Anamo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Anamo in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨ་ན་མོ། | anamo | - |
| Anamo in the Marathi language | ||
| अनामो | anamo | - |
| Anamo in the Hindi language | ||
| अनामो | anamo | 66.67 |
| अनमो | anamo | 33.33 |
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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 Anamo
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