Amaia Surname
Approximately 780 people bear this surname
Amaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 602 | 1:219,683 | 20,541 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96 | 1:84,935 | 11,249 |
| Brazil | 53 | 1:4,039,138 | 109,837 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Amaia (14,807) may also be a first name.
Amaia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amaia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amaia (Georgian: ამაია) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amaia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 439,223rd most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,343,008 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Amaia live; 77 percent live in Southeast Asia and 77 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 46,804th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 14,807 people.
The surname Amaia is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 602 people, or 1 in 219,683. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: Jakarta, where 77 percent are found, East Nusa Tenggara, where 18 percent are found and Bali, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia this last name is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent are found and Brazil, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amaia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amaia in the Georgian language | ||
| ამაია | amaia | - |
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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 Amaia
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