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 last name Ankwase occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ankwase? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,710,039th most widespread family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ankwase live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Ankwase is also the 459,598th most frequently used forename on earth, held by 359 people.
Ankwase is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 424,340. In Uganda Ankwase is primarily concentrated in: Rukungiri District, where 32 percent reside, Kamwenge District, where 17 percent reside and Ntungamo District, where 16 percent reside. Beside Uganda it exists in one country. It also occurs 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