Amaah Surname
Approximately 1,447 people bear this surname
Amaah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,385 | 1:19,510 | 2,432 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Amaah (73) may also be a first name.
Amaah Demographics
Average Amaah Salary in
United States
$28,417 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Amaah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amaah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amaah (Arabic: يمايه) is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amaah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 269,724th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 5,036,314 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Amaah live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amaah is also the 1,134,117th most frequently held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 73 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is borne by 1,385 people, or 1 in 19,510. Beside Ghana this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Amaah Last Name Statistics demography
Amaah earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.14% less than the national average, earning $28,417 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amaah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amaah in the Arabic language | ||
| يمايه | ymayh | - |
| لاميعه | lamyh | - |
| امايه | amayh | - |
| عمايه | mayh | - |
| لاميعة | lamyt | - |
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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 Amaah
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