Ama Forename
5,612th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 186,895 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Togo
Ama Forename Definition:
A Latin name, meaning: Loved one.
Forebears Note: It is questionable a name of this derivation exists.
Read More About This ForenameAma Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 47,154 | 1:489 | 58 |
| Ghana | 100% | 38,206 | 1:706 | 169 |
| India | 85% | 27,093 | 1:44,841 | 6,114 |
| Togo | - | 23,488 | 1:308 | 29 |
| Indonesia | 81% | 7,020 | 1:36,747 | 4,833 |
| Nigeria | 60% | 6,828 | 1:26,005 | 2,417 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 5,651 | 1:3,681 | 632 |
| Egypt | 70% | 4,793 | 1:19,174 | 1,497 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,930 | 1:24,824 | 3,151 |
| Pakistan | 80% | 2,890 | 1:67,252 | 3,477 |
| United States | 100% | 2,061 | 1:175,903 | 6,543 |
| Niger | 79% | 2,051 | 1:9,353 | 910 |
| Benin | 100% | 1,872 | 1:5,649 | 924 |
| Mali | 70% | 1,436 | 1:11,823 | 956 |
| Burkina Faso | 88% | 1,355 | 1:13,564 | 1,357 |
| Nepal | 53% | 1,274 | 1:22,361 | 2,088 |
| England | 51% | 894 | 1:62,196 | 2,734 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 874 | 1:35,255 | 4,434 |
| Senegal | 50% | 784 | 1:18,599 | 1,139 |
| Iran | 100% | 716 | 1:109,632 | 2,696 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57% | 507 | 1:16,080 | 1,596 |
| DR Congo | 84% | 459 | 1:160,844 | 7,531 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Thailand | 59% | 452 | 1:155,013 | 11,218 |
| Afghanistan | 91% | 439 | 1:74,313 | 2,966 |
| Morocco | - | 355 | 1:96,757 | 3,231 |
| Japan | - | 292 | 1:438,308 | 10,372 |
| Lebanon | 99% | 289 | 1:19,473 | 1,499 |
| Russia | 58% | 280 | 1:515,120 | 5,576 |
| Poland | 79% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Liberia | 74% | 187 | 1:23,594 | 1,576 |
| Mauritania | 93% | 168 | 1:24,376 | 1,639 |
| Tanzania | 76% | 160 | 1:329,927 | 11,076 |
| Taiwan | 65% | 149 | 1:159,528 | 15,692 |
| Philippines | 60% | 148 | 1:716,280 | 21,537 |
| Malaysia | 76% | 142 | 1:214,436 | 12,158 |
| France | 100% | 138 | 1:481,669 | 5,289 |
| Canada | 100% | 134 | 1:247,264 | 8,613 |
| Brazil | 100% | 120 | 1:1,785,301 | 39,051 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Guinea | - | 73 | 1:162,447 | 2,449 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 69 | 1:103,652 | 8,241 |
| Germany | 61% | 66 | 1:1,464,816 | 9,722 |
| Iraq | 100% | 53 | 1:660,714 | 6,510 |
| Algeria | 100% | 51 | 1:748,563 | 5,056 |
| Mexico | 100% | 49 | 1:2,533,560 | 13,588 |
| Netherlands | 90% | 48 | 1:352,127 | 10,231 |
| Botswana | 100% | 47 | 1:46,478 | 4,592 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Australia | - | 45 | 1:303,503 | 6,091 |
| Belgium | 100% | 43 | 1:267,210 | 5,706 |
| Spain | - | 43 | 1:1,082,092 | 9,010 |
| Greece | 100% | 40 | 1:273,364 | 4,844 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 31 | 1:336,493 | 11,264 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 31 | 1:43,917 | 4,089 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Cameroon | 80% | 25 | 1:864,420 | 23,819 |
| China | - | 25 | 1:54,642,231 | 62,498 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 25 | 1:117,393 | 7,151 |
| Colombia | - | 22 | 1:2,171,769 | 17,581 |
| Qatar | - | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 20 | 1:29,048 | 2,117 |
| South Africa | 82% | 20 | 1:2,726,632 | 72,557 |
| Ukraine | 58% | 20 | 1:2,274,995 | 5,472 |
| Italy | 52% | 19 | 1:3,213,794 | 18,941 |
| New Zealand | - | 18 | 1:252,002 | 7,674 |
| Guyana | 100% | 16 | 1:47,704 | 4,533 |
| Sudan | 100% | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 12 | 1:1,342,369 | 5,026 |
| Panama | 100% | 12 | 1:325,546 | 10,471 |
| Scotland | 100% | 11 | 1:486,397 | 6,140 |
| Romania | - | 10 | 1:2,005,198 | 23,363 |
| Sweden | 100% | 10 | 1:985,791 | 19,730 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Chad | 100% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Congo | 100% | 9 | 1:556,578 | 9,819 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Norway | 100% | 9 | 1:570,259 | 9,843 |
| Argentina | 75% | 8 | 1:5,346,655 | 13,183 |
| Albania | 100% | 7 | 1:435,224 | 16,450 |
| Uganda | 50% | 7 | 1:5,850,989 | 49,331 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 7 | 1:4,314,556 | 60,709 |
| Honduras | 100% | 6 | 1:1,469,578 | 13,832 |
| Singapore | - | 6 | 1:1,047,842 | 15,242 |
| Switzerland | 79% | 6 | 1:1,368,916 | 14,223 |
| Armenia | 80% | 5 | 1:583,751 | 6,330 |
| Chile | - | 5 | 1:3,521,442 | 19,163 |
| Turkey | 75% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Wales | - | 5 | 1:618,862 | 7,373 |
| Cambodia | 75% | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Kenya | - | 4 | 1:11,576,778 | 40,588 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 4 | 1:27,895 | 3,010 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Uruguay | - | 4 | 1:856,909 | 8,493 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Belarus | 67% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Finland | 88% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Jordan | 89% | 3 | 1:2,942,258 | 8,136 |
| Moldova | 100% | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Austria | - | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Bhutan | 50% | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Croatia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Czechia | 90% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Nicaragua | - | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Zimbabwe | 50% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Israel | - | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Amà (2) are calculated separately.
Ama (76,234) may also be a surname.
Ama Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Latin name, meaning: Loved one.
Forebears Note: It is questionable a name of this derivation exists.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
A Ghanaian (Akan language) name, meaning 'girl born on a Saturday'.
- dr_ama_queenA Ghanaian (Akan language) name, meaning 'girl born on a Saturday'.
- dr_ama_queenAma Forename Popularity
Ama Demographics
Average Ama Salary in
United States
$40,798 USD
Per year
Rank:
239,836 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000491449
Rank: 7,118 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
93.73%
Sample size: 993 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Ama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ama in the Russian language | ||
| Ама | ama | - |
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