Amajeh Surname
Approximately 228 people bear this surname
Amajeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 212 | 1:835,579 | 36,885 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
Amajeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amajeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amajeh occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amajeh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,082,743rd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 31,962,921 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amajeh live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 212 people, or 1 in 835,579. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kogi, where 80 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 15 percent reside and Benue, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Amajeh
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