Amahaya Surname
Approximately 706 people bear this surname
Amahaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 685 | 1:15,088 | 2,043 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Amahaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amahaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amahaya is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amahaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 474,151st most commonly held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 10,322,303 people. Amahaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amahaya are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 685 people, or 1 in 15,088. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Atlantique Department, where 76 percent live, Zou Department, where 13 percent live and Littoral Department, where 9 percent live. Aside from Benin this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent live and Niger, where 1 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
- 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 Amahaya
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