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) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amaia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 439,223rd most numerous last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 9,343,008 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Amaia reside; 77 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 77 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Amaia is also the 46,804th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 14,807 people.
Amaia is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 602 people, or 1 in 219,683. In Indonesia Amaia 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 surname 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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