Amaiu Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Amaiu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 84 | 1:97,068 | 13,033 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Amaiu (15) may also be a first name.
Amaiu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amaiu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amaiu has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amaiu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,994,173rd most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Amaiu reside; 95 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 95 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,900,335th most widely held given name in the world It is held by 15 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 97,068. In Papua New Guinea Amaiu is most prevalent in: National Capital District, where 70 percent reside, Enga, where 24 percent reside and West New Britain, where 6 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Amaiu
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