Anunwa Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Anunwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Anunwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1601:1,107,14245,738
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
England41:13,929,515290,718
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Anunwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Anunwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Anunwa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Anunwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Anunwa is the 1,300,225th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Anunwa reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Anunwa is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 160 people, or 1 in 1,107,142. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 19 percent are found, Delta, where 17 percent are found and Abia, where 14 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Anunwa Last Name Statistics demography

Anunwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 95.91% less than the national average, earning R 9,708 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Anunwah9219/
Ahanunwa861/
Onunwa83736/
Enunwa83380/
Anonwa8311/
Anunba8311/
Anunua832/
Anumwa831/
Anunwo831/
Enunwah7765/
Onunwah776/
Anunuea771/
Angunua771/
Oinhunwa713/
Onunwaja711/
Anumba671,767/
Onunwo67101/
Onunwe677/
Onumwa674/
Anunbe674/
Anonwe673/
Anunbi673/
Anunue673/
Enunwo672/
Onunba672/
Ounhounwa671/
Anonua671/
Ononwa671/
Anunuo671/

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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 Anunwa
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