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
Amaja (Hindi: अमजा, Marathi: आमजा) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amaja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,048,281st most prevalent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Amaja reside; 74 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 461,021st most frequently held forename throughout the world, borne by 357 people.
The last name Amaja is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 169 people, or 1 in 1,048,182. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 22 percent reside, Kogi, where 20 percent reside and Ogun, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 7 percent reside and Malaysia, where 5 percent reside.
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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