Ankwase Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Ankwase Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 92 | 1:424,340 | 25,938 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
Ankwase (359) may also be a first name.
Ankwase Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ankwase Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ankwase occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ankwase? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,710,039th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ankwase are found; 81 percent are found in East Africa and 80 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 459,598th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 359 people.
Ankwase is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 424,340. In Uganda Ankwase is mostly found in: Rukungiri District, where 32 percent reside, Kamwenge District, where 17 percent reside and Ntungamo District, where 16 percent reside. Beside Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ankwatse | 93 | 59 | / |
| Ankwasa | 86 | 347 | / |
| Angwase | 86 | 5 | / |
| Onkwase | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ankwese | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ankwaasa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Onkwatse | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ankweise | 80 | 1 | / |
| Angwas | 77 | 147 | / |
| Ankuas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ankuash | 71 | 1,378 | / |
| Angwese | 71 | 27 | / |
| Angbase | 71 | 7 | / |
| Angwasa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Angwash | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hankwazi | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ankuasha | 67 | 14 | / |
| Anguasea | 67 | 10 | / |
| Angkuash | 67 | 6 | / |
| Angbease | 67 | 4 | / |
| Anguaseh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ankueshe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ankwueze | 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 Ankwase
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis