Amajama Surname

568,972nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 555 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Amajama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amajama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5521:320,91117,648
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Amajama (28) may also be a first name.

Amajama Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Amajama Come From? nationality or country of origin

Amajama (Oriya: ଆମାଜାମା) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Amajama click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amajama? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 568,972nd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 13,130,713 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amajama reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 28 people.

The surname Amajama is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 552 people, or 1 in 320,911. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 72 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 9 percent are found and Taraba, where 6 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 0 percent are found and Botswana, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Amajama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Amajama in the Oriya language
ଆମାଜାମାamajama66.67
ଆମାଯାମାamayama33.33

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Amajama
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