Amajah Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Amajah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Amajah (25) may also be a first name.
Amajah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amajah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amajah (Hindi: अमजह, Marathi: अमजह, Oriya: ଅମଜହ) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amajah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amajah is the 5,812,366th most frequently used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. Amajah is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Amajah are found; 64 percent are found in West Africa and 64 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 25 people.
Amajah is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Amajah is mostly concentrated in: Kogi, where 57 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Ogun, where 14 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 18 percent live and France, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amajah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amajah in the Hindi language | ||
| अमजह | amajaha | - |
| Amajah in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅମଜହ | amajaha | - |
| Amajah in the Marathi language | ||
| अमजह | amajaha | 83.33 |
| अमजहार | amajahara | 16.67 |
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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 Amajah
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