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 surname Amaje (Marathi: अमजे) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amaje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 346,158th most commonly held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 6,894,556 people. The surname Amaje occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Amaje reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 598,137th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 226 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 939 people, or 1 in 188,650. In Nigeria Amaje is mostly concentrated in: Kogi, where 65 percent live, Delta, where 8 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 8 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.
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
- 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 Amaje
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