Anwoju Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Anwoju Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Anwoju Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1431:1,238,76149,638
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Anwoju Last Name Facts

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

Anwoju is most common in Nigeria. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Anwoju? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,471,719th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Anwoju live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Anwoju is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 1,238,761. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 67 percent reside, Ogun, where 9 percent reside and Oyo, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Anwoju is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Anwjou832/
Anwosu831/
Anwaou831/
Anweju831/
Anmboju773/
Anuou731/
Amboju67500/
Onwuju6791/
Onwaju6717/
Onwosu6713/
Onwozu674/
Onweju674/
Anwasu671/
Anwaoo671/
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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 Anwoju
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