Amaha Surname
Approximately 6,980 people bear this surname
Amaha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 6,117 | 1:15,947 | 2,188 |
| Nigeria | 509 | 1:348,021 | 18,823 |
| Niger | 205 | 1:93,620 | 3,909 |
| Japan | 52 | 1:2,458,544 | 30,480 |
| United States | 31 | 1:11,692,224 | 454,091 |
| Eritrea | 16 | 1:296,994 | 232 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
Amaha (7,681) may also be a first name.
Amaha Demographics
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Amaha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amaha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amaha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺎﻩ) is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amaha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 70,822nd most common surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,044,061 people. Amaha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Amaha live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Amaha is also the 72,996th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 7,681 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 6,117 people, or 1 in 15,947. Without taking into account Ethiopia this last name exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent reside and Niger, where 3 percent reside.
Amaha Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Amaha last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 80% registered to vote for the political party.
Amaha earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.24% less than the national average, earning $38,729 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amaha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amaha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺎﻩ | amah | 33.33 |
| ﻋﻤﺎﻩ | mah | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻫﺎ | amaha | 33.33 |
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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 Amaha
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