Ah Moy Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Ah Moy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 164 | 1:179,843 | 10,807 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Ah Moy (4,735) may also be a first name.
Ah Moy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ah Moy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ah Moy is found most in Malaysia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ah Moy? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,333,288th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ah Moy live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 99,498th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 4,735 people.
The last name Ah Moy is most commonly used in Malaysia, where it is carried by 164 people, or 1 in 179,843. In Malaysia it is primarily found in: Johor, where 58 percent reside, Perak, where 10 percent reside and Selangor, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Malaysia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 2 percent reside and Singapore, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ah Moye | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ah Mooy | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ah Mo | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ah Mooye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ah Moi | 83 | 292 | / |
| Ah May | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ah Moo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ah Moe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ah Moh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ah Mou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ah-Moye | 77 | 39 | / |
| Ah Moie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ah Me | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ah Med | 67 | 289 | / |
| Ah Mui | 67 | 79 | / |
| Ah Mad | 67 | 32 | / |
| Ah Mai | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ah Mee | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ah Mei | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ah Mit | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ah Mat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ah Met | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ah-Moo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ah Mau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ah Muie | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ah-Mi | 55 | 2 | / |
| Ah-Mau | 50 | 1 | / |
| Ah-Mee | 50 | 1 | / |
| Ah-Med | 50 | 1 | / |
| Ah-Mai | 50 | 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 Ah Moy
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