Amaja Surname
Approximately 239 people bear this surname
Amaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 169 | 1:1,048,182 | 43,882 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Amaja (357) may also be a first name.
Amaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amaja (Hindi: अमजा, Marathi: आमजा) is found most in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amaja is the 1,048,281st most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Amaja live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amaja is also the 461,021st most common first name at a global level It is held by 357 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 169 people, or 1 in 1,048,182. In Nigeria Amaja is mostly found in: Delta, where 22 percent are found, Kogi, where 20 percent are found and Ogun, where 20 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Amaja exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 7 percent are found and Malaysia, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amaja in the Hindi language | ||
| अमजा | amaja | 66.67 |
| अमज | amaja | 11.11 |
| आमाजा | amaja | 11.11 |
| अमाजा | amaja | 11.11 |
| Amaja in the Marathi language | ||
| आमजा | amaja | 44.44 |
| एमजा | emaja | 33.33 |
| माझ | majha | 11.11 |
| आमजााबाक्ष | amajaabaksa | 11.11 |
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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 Amaja
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