Amaje Surname
Approximately 1,057 people bear this surname
Amaje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 939 | 1:188,650 | 11,449 |
| Kenya | 82 | 1:563,170 | 26,996 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Amaje (226) may also be a first name.
Amaje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amaje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amaje (Marathi: अमजे) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amaje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amaje is the 346,158th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 6,894,556 people. Amaje occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Amaje are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amaje is also the 598,137th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 226 people.
Amaje is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 939 people, or 1 in 188,650. In Nigeria Amaje is mostly concentrated in: Kogi, where 65 percent are found, Delta, where 8 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 8 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amaje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amaje in the Marathi language | ||
| अमजे | amaje | - |
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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
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- 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 Amaje
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