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
Amaia (Georgian: ამაია) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Amaia.
How Common Is The Last Name Amaia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 439,223rd most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 9,343,008 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Amaia reside; 77 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 77 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 46,804th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 14,807 people.
The last name is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 602 people, or 1 in 219,683. In Indonesia Amaia is most prevalent in: Jakarta, where 77 percent reside, East Nusa Tenggara, where 18 percent reside and Bali, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent reside and Brazil, where 7 percent reside.
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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