Amah Surname
Approximately 40,276 people bear this surname
Amah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 13,212 | 1:13,408 | 1,353 |
| Indonesia | 11,137 | 1:11,875 | 1,508 |
| Togo | 9,660 | 1:750 | 49 |
| Cameroon | 3,250 | 1:6,390 | 780 |
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| Ivory Coast | 556 | 1:41,495 | 2,675 |
| Benin | 535 | 1:19,319 | 2,581 |
| Mauritania | 203 | 1:20,172 | 1,826 |
| United States | 180 | 1:2,013,661 | 129,138 |
| Liberia | 158 | 1:27,902 | 2,699 |
| Thailand | 97 | 1:728,230 | 119,953 |
| France | 87 | 1:763,480 | 93,619 |
| Niger | 85 | 1:225,788 | 7,375 |
| Malaysia | 69 | 1:427,453 | 22,065 |
| England | 63 | 1:884,414 | 45,970 |
| Iran | 52 | 1:1,476,587 | 59,047 |
| Belgium | 25 | 1:459,866 | 46,150 |
| Senegal | 16 | 1:911,209 | 3,010 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Israel | 14 | 1:611,260 | 42,949 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Iceland | 5 | 1:76,018 | 4,442 |
| Ireland | 5 | 1:941,788 | 16,185 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
Amah (61,368) may also be a first name.
Amah Demographics
Average Amah Salary in
United States
$41,329 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Amah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amah (Arabic: آمّه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻤﺎﻩ, Hindi: अमाह) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Amah.
How Common Is The Last Name Amah? popularity and diffusion
Amah is the 13,844th most widespread family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 180,940 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Amah live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amah is also the 15,575th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 61,368 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 13,212 people, or 1 in 13,408. In Nigeria Amah is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 17 percent live, Rivers, where 13 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 12 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 59 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 28 percent live and Togo, where 24 percent live.
Amah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Amah last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.
The amount Amah earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 4.22% less than the national average, earning $41,329 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.7% less than the national average, earning $36,916 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amah in the Hindi language | ||
| अमाह | amaha | - |
| Amah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻤﺎﻩ | mah | 39.71 |
| ﺁﻣﺎﻩ | amah | 33.82 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻩ | amah | 14.71 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﻩ | amah | 8.82 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﺡ | amah | 1.47 |
| ﺃﻣﺢ | amh | 1.47 |
| Amah in the Arabic language | ||
| آمّه | amh | - |
| إمَاه | amah | - |
| إماه | amah | - |
| إميه | amyh | - |
| آماه | amah | - |
| آمَّه | amah | - |
| امّيه | amyh | - |
| إمه | amh | - |
| آميه | amyh | - |
| اميّه | amyh | - |
| آمه | amh | - |
| اميه | amyh | - |
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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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- 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 Amah
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