Amagana Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Amagana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amagana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya611:757,04831,106
Cameroon221:944,04961,779
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Amagana (1,892) may also be a first name.

Amagana Last Name Facts

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

Amagana has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amagana? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,994,173rd most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Amagana reside; 69 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Amagana is also the 174,772nd most common first name world-wide It is held by 1,892 people.

The last name Amagana is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 757,048. In Kenya Amagana is most common in: Kakamega County, where 100 percent live. Besides Kenya Amagana is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent live and Niger, where 3 percent live.

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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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  • 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 Amagana
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