Anwu Surname

956,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 273 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Anwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Anwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2571:689,27131,915
Cameroon81:2,596,134118,056
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Anwu (92) may also be a first name.

Anwu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Anwu occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Anwu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 956,400th most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 26,694,307 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Anwu are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Anwu is also the 992,070th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 92 people.

Anwu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 257 people, or 1 in 689,271. In Nigeria Anwu is most common in: Ebonyi, where 44 percent reside, Enugu, where 21 percent reside and Cross River, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and Taiwan, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hanwu8946/
Anwau894/
Aynwu892/
Anwui892/
Anwuh891/
Anwou891/
Anwuu891/
Ganwui804/
Hanwou802/
Auynwu802/
Aunwut802/
Asnwui801/
Onwu7510,798/
Anbu752,682/
Enwu75359/
Amwu757/
Anvu754/
Anvou67226/
Anhvu6787/
Enwou6746/
Anwoo6729/
Anbou6723/
Anbau6720/
Anwudowa6713/
Onwus6711/
Anvuh677/
Amwuj675/
Aunbu675/
Anbhu674/
Anbuj674/
Onwuh674/
Anbui673/
Hanbu673/
Onwuz672/
Enweu672/
Anvuj671/
Eanbu671/
Ainvu671/
Amwuu671/
Anvui671/
Onwuu671/
Ainbu671/
Aanbu671/
Onwuy671/
Amweu671/

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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
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  • 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 Anwu
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