Anyanwa Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Anyanwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 171 | 1:1,035,923 | 43,476 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Anyanwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anyanwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Anyanwa is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Anyanwa? popularity and diffusion
Anyanwa is the 1,295,379th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name Anyanwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Anyanwa reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 1,035,923. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Abia, where 25 percent reside, Lagos, where 25 percent reside and Rivers, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anyanwah | 93 | 2 | / |
| Anyanwau | 93 | 2 | / |
| Anyanwua | 93 | 1 | / |
| Anyawa | 92 | 123 | / |
| Anyanwash | 88 | 1 | / |
| Anyanwo | 86 | 66 | / |
| Anyanwe | 86 | 30 | / |
| Anyanwy | 86 | 9 | / |
| Anyamwa | 86 | 4 | / |
| Onyanwa | 86 | 3 | / |
| Anyonwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Anyanba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hanyawa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Anjanwad | 80 | 13 | / |
| Anjanwah | 80 | 5 | / |
| Anyanwuo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Anyanhba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Anyawo | 77 | 28 | / |
| Anyawe | 77 | 8 | / |
| Anyawi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Anyanwwue | 75 | 1 | / |
| Aanjanwad | 75 | 1 | / |
| Onianwa | 71 | 692 | / |
| Anyamba | 71 | 373 | / |
| Agnonwa | 71 | 9 | / |
| Onyanwe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Anyamwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Anyamva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Anjanba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Anyanbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onianwah | 67 | 90 | / |
| Anjanbai | 67 | 8 | / |
| Hanyamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anyamvaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anyambaa | 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 Anyanwa
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