Anwoo Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Anwoo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
Anwoo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anwoo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Anwoo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Anwoo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,665,662nd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Anwoo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Anwoo are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Oyo, where 43 percent are found, Benue, where 39 percent are found and Ogun, where 13 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anwo | 89 | 1,245 | / |
| Hanwood | 83 | 9 | / |
| Anwoh | 80 | 89 | / |
| Anhwo | 80 | 33 | / |
| Aunwo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Hanwo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ajnwo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Anwoj | 80 | 2 | / |
| Anwoy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Anwou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hainwood | 77 | 0 | / |
| Hannwood | 77 | 0 | / |
| Atinwo | 73 | 38 | / |
| Ahanwo | 73 | 14 | / |
| Hanwou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Asenwo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Aanboo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Amwood | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eunwoo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Anwoth | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hasenwood | 71 | 0 | / |
| Anwa | 67 | 2,218 | / |
| Anvo | 67 | 1,575 | / |
| Onwo | 67 | 1,480 | / |
| Anuo | 67 | 577 | / |
| Anbo | 67 | 556 | / |
| Anwu | 67 | 273 | / |
| Enwo | 67 | 193 | / |
| Hamwood | 67 | 91 | / |
| Anouhou | 67 | 18 | / |
| Anvoots | 67 | 13 | / |
| Amwo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ahanwoh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ainwoha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Einwood | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Anwoo
- 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